First Battle of Przasnysz

1st Battle of Przasnysz
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I

Eastern Front, 1915.
DateFebruary 7–28, 1915
Location
Result

Russian victory

  • Germans fail plan to encircle Russians in Poland [1]
Territorial
changes
Germans retreat from the northern part of the Congress Poland[2][3]
Belligerents
 German Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
German Empire Paul von Hindenburg
German Empire Max von Gallwitz
Nikolai Ruzsky
Alexander Litvinov
Pavel Plehve
Units involved

German Empire Armee-Gruppe Gallwitz

German Empire Eighth Army
First Army
Twelfth Army
Strength
225,000 men[4]
350 machine guns
750 guns
471,901 men[5]
636 machine guns
966 guns
Casualties and losses
60,000 casualties, including 14,000 POWs[6]
58 cannons
40,000 casualties[7]

First Battle of Przasnysz was a battle between Imperial German Army and Russian troops which took place between 7–28 February 1915, on the Eastern Front during World War I.

  1. ^ Олейников 2016, p. 107.
  2. ^ Царствование Императора Николая 2/ Сергей Ольденбург.-М.:Центрполиграф, 2022.-654 с. ISBN 978-5-227-09905-1
  3. ^ Олейников 2016, p. 106-108.
  4. ^ С. Нелипович, Русский фронт первой мировой войны, потери сторон, 1915, 2022, p. 97
  5. ^ С. Нелипович, 2022, p. 97
  6. ^ Олейников 2016, p. 254.
  7. ^ Oleynikov 2023, p. 87.