俄軍人數：theseandotherfiguresaboutmenandmatérielinthischapterarefromgolovin'sarmyunlessotherwisenoted.

格雷評論俄國實力：greytosirf.bertie,may1,1914,bd,x,part2,no.541.

俄法參謀部的會談及俄軍的動員：messimy,179–81;kokovtsov,370–72;joffre,55–60;golovin,campaign,chapteriii,45–73.

「我們應該對準德國的心臟打擊」：joffre,23.

格朗邁松在俄國備受歡迎：golovin,campaign,61.

1912—1913年日林斯基將軍的承諾：agourtine,25.

伊恩·漢密爾頓的報告：hamilton,generalsirian,astaffofficer'sscrapbook,london,1907,ii,381.

「一個網球場也沒有」：knox,xxvii.

「這是個愚不可及的政體」：witte,270,247.

尼古拉二世未受到執政培訓：afewdaysbeforehis22ndbirthday,onapril28,1890,nicholaswroteinhisdiary,「todayifinisheddefinitelyandforevermyeducation.」qtd.radziwill,nicholasii,210.

科科夫佐夫向沙皇報告德國的備戰情況：kokovtsov,456.

斯托雷平被秘密警察刺殺：wrangel,208.

「在這年頭，人人都體弱多病」：witte,319.

「我希望活到能聽見英國臨終時的嚥氣聲」：paléologue,intimatejournalofthedreyfuscase,newyork,1957,180.

「我最討厭這個詞！」：witte,190.

英國外交官：sirarthurnicolson,britishambassadortorussia,1906–10.nicolson,diplomatist,180.

「要他幹工作固然很不容易」：sazonov,286.

「邪門歪道的新花樣」：golovin,campaign,31,34.

蘇霍姆利諾夫「使人一見便會產生不可信任的感覺」：paléologue,83;poincaré(iii,163)hadthesamereaction.

蘇霍姆利諾夫的妻子、花銷和朋黨：agourtine,18–22;vladimirgurko,552–3;knox,222;sirbernardpares,ahistoryofrussia,newyork,1953,472–77.

蘇霍姆利諾夫被定罪：agourtine,56–9.

「後果極為嚴重」：qtd.agourtine,59.

德皇給蘇霍姆利諾夫的題獻：afacsimileoftheautographofthekaiserisreproducedinludwig,508.

蘇霍姆利諾夫應為俄國缺少炮彈承擔的責任：knox,obituaryofsukhomlinovinslavonicreview,1926,vol.5,148;alsogolovin,army,12,32,43.

蘇霍姆利諾夫厭惡尼古拉大公：danilov,150;golovin,campaign,35.

尼古拉大公被看作皇族宗室裡唯一的「男子漢」：introductiontolettersoftsaritsa,xxi.

「我對他絕不信任」：letterstotsar,june16,1915,97.

大公深受福煦的影響：esher,tragedy,19.

科茨布伯爵的一番議論：danilov,43.

「黑山的夜鶯」：paléologue,22–23.

俄國的兩份作戰計劃：ironside,31–6.

向柏林進軍：accordingtodanilov,deputychiefofstaff(130),thiswasthefundamentalideaandgoaloftherussianhighcommandthroughoutthe「firstperiod」ofthewar.

容克貴族胡亂射殺狐狸：ellenm.pain.myimpressionsofeastprussia,london,1915.

德皇射殺俄國麋鹿：topham,254.herchapterxiii,「rominten,」isbrilliantreportingoftheimperialhabits.

德國希望日本保持中立：hoffmann,waroflostopportunities,5.

霍夫曼的性格和習慣：k.f.nowak,introductiontohoffmann'swardiaries,i,10,18.

「你這個黃皮傢伙」：recordedbytheamericancorrespondentfrederickpalmer,qtd.deweerd,71.

俄國上校出售本國作戰計劃：hoffmann,waroflostopportunities,4.

「投入全部兵力」：qtd.hoffmann,diaries,ii,241.