Siege of Novogeorgievsk

Siege of Novogeorgievsk
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I

Russian 8-inch mortars captured at Novogeorgievsk.
Date10 August – 20 August 1915
Location
Novogeorgievsk, Russian Empire (now in Poland)
Result German victory
Belligerents
German Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Hans Hartwig von Beseler Nikolai Pavlovich Bobyr Surrendered
Strength
80,000 men[1]
390 guns[2]		 90,000 man[3]
197 machine guns
1,253 guns[4]
Casualties and losses
Several hundred men[5] Entire Garrison captured

The siege of Novogeorgievsk was a battle of World War I fought after the Germans broke the Russian defenses in Paul von Hindenburg's Bug-Narew Offensive. In terms of the ratio of casualties and trophies, the German victory at Novogeorgievsk surpassed the victory at Tannenberg in 1914. It is also one of the most brilliant victories in world military history in capturing a heavily fortified fortress defended by superior enemy forces.[6] Numerous Russian sources call the fall of Novogeorgievsk the most shameful page in the history of the Russian Imperial army.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Gilbert, Martin (2023). The First World War: A complete History. Moscow: Квадрига. p. 250. ISBN 978-5-389-08465-0.
  2. ^ Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918 Bd. VIII p. 352
  3. ^ Buttar, Prit (2017). Germany Ascendant, The Eastern Front 1915. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 314–317. ISBN 9781472819376.
  4. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, 2022, p. 539
  5. ^ Bettag F. Die Eroberung von Nowo Georgiewsk, Oldenburg, Berlin: Gerhard Stalling , 1921
  6. ^ Bettag F. Die Eroberung von Nowo Georgiewsk, Oldenburg, Berlin: Gerhard Stalling , 1921
  7. ^ Уткин А.И. Первая мировая война. М., 2001. С. 194
  8. ^ Смирнов А.А. Казачьи атаманы. Трагедия российского казачества. СПб.; М., 2002. С. 30-31
  9. ^ https://www.km.ru/science-tech/2020/08/02/istoriya-khkh-veka/877505-novogeorgievskaya-kapitulyatsiya-samyi-bolshoi-poz[bare URL]