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GERMAN IMPERIAL MANOEUVRES, 
2. To-morrow, the 17th Sept., at 9.30 a.m., the army corps will be 
in readiness to commence operations, and will be in position as follows:— 
The cavalry division in rear of the right wing of the outposts of the 
5th infantry division, east of Selchow. 
The 5th infantry division on the Selchow-Brusendorf road, on the 
southern slopes of the Hunenberg. 
The 6th infantry division on the Gross-Kienitz-Selchow road, on the 
southern edge of the Gross-Kienitzer-Berge. 
The corps artillery in rear of the 5th division. 
3. The defiles on the line Selchow-Glasow are to be put into a state 
of defence on the southern side. 
4. Should the outposts be driven in, those of the 5th division will 
retire along the Selchow-Brusendorf road, and those of the 6th along 
the Glasow-Dahlewitz chaussee . 
5. The 6th infantry division will detach a company of pioneers with 
cavalry patrols to watch the destroyed crossings about Blankenfelde, 
and to prevent the enemy from repairing them; a company of pioneers 
will also be detached from the same division to occupy the line of 
railway from Great Macknow. 
6. My position will be at the head of the 5th infantry division. 
The same evening the General commanding the Garde Corps issued 
these instructions 
Position of the Garde Corps on the evening of the 16th September. 
Combined brigade at Mahlow. 
1st Garde infantry division and corps artillery at Lichtenrade. 
2nd Garde infantry division at Gross-Ziethen, cavalry division at 
Budow. 
The outposts occupy a line from the south of Mahlow, over Klein- 
Ziethener-Berg, Bolkens-Berg, &c., to the eastward. 
To-morrow, the third horse artillery battery will also be attached to 
the cavalry division. 
Disposition of the corps for the 17th September. 
Garde Corps. —Head-Quarters, Lichtenrade, 
16th Sept., 1880. — 5p.m. 
To-day the Garde Corps has fought a victorious engagement with 
the enemy, and driven him back through the defiles leading to Glasow, 
leaving only his outposts north of the same. 
My object is to resume the offensive, to-morrow, by out-flanking the 
enemy's right wing. 
