In the Vienna Palace, Franz was holding the year-end meeting when a sudden telegram interrupted the proceedings.
On November 27, 1879, the Russian Army, reinforcing Brest, was ambushed by the Prussian Army en route, marking a turning point on the Southwest battlefield.
On the surface, as far as the Vienna Government was concerned, the Prusso-Russian War only mattered in terms of the final outcome; the twists and turns on a local battlefield weren't significant enough to warrant such grave preparations.
However, the Southwest battlefield was an exception. On one hand, this was because the Tsarist Government mortgaged the lands west of the Dnieper River to Austria, and should these territories fall into the hands of the Prusso Federation, it would make it very troublesome for the Vienna Government to collect the debt in the future. (Limited to the Ukraine Region)
