The offensive began on June 4, and the total captures to August 12 were as follows:
| Prisoners | |
| Officers | 7,757 |
| Men | 350,845 |
| Guns | 405 |
| Machine-guns | 1,326 |
| Bomb-throwers | 338 |
| Caissons | 292 |
Russian Official, August 12, 1916.
William: "Here's luck, Hindenburg."
Hindenburg: "Where?"
The kaiser has dismissed General von Falkenhayn, chief of the general staff, and has appointed Field-Marshal von Hindenburg chief of the general staff and General von Ludendorff first quartermaster-general.