Siege of Kovno

Siege of Kaunas
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
Date12 August – 18 August [O.S. 28 Jule–8 August] 1915
Location
Kovno, Russian Empire (now in Lithuania)
Result German victory
Belligerents
 German Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
German Empire Karl Litzmann Vladimir Grigoriev
Strength
Unknown
1,360 guns[1]		 66,000[2]
1,370 guns[3]
Casualties and losses
10,000 killed, wounded and captured[4] ~45,000 total[a]
1,300 guns (of which 350 were heavy), 100 machine guns, 20,000 rifles, 810,000 shells.[6]

Summer 1915, Imperial German Army began the Riga–Schaulen offensive and advanced towards Lithuania and Kaunas. The Germans reached Kaunas in July 1915. At that time, 66,629 men with 1,370 guns, commanded by Vladimir Grigoriev (Russian: Владимир Григорьев), manned the fortress.[7] To attack the fortress, the Germans brought four divisions to the operation, which were placed under the command of Karl Litzmann.[8]

  1. ^ Gilbert 2023, p. 257.
  2. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт Первой мировой войны. Потери сторон 1915, 2022, p. 512
  3. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, 2022, p. 512
  4. ^ Oleynikov 2016, p. 257.
  5. ^ Oleynikov 2024, p. 302.
  6. ^ Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918. Bd. VIII, p. 480
  7. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт Первой мировой войны. Потери сторон 1915, 2022, p. 512
  8. ^ Kviklys 1991, pp. 242–243


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