Battle of the Vistula River

Battle of the Vistula River
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I

Russian infantry repels a night German attack on the Vistula
Date29 September – 31 October 1914
Location
Result Russian victory
Territorial
changes
Russia regains land in Poland
Belligerents
 German Empire
 Austria-Hungary
Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
German Empire Paul von Hindenburg
German Empire August von Mackensen
German Empire Remus von Woyrsch
German Empire Max von Gallwitz
Austria-Hungary Viktor Dankl
Sergei Sheydeman
Nikolai Ruzsky
Nikolai Ivanov
Aleksei Evert
Pavel Plehve
Units involved
German Empire 9th Army
Austria-Hungary 1st Army
2nd Army
4th Army
5th Army
9th Army
Strength
Only combat troops:[1]
Total 293,241 men
Ninth Army:
133,000 infantry
8,000 cavalry
348 machine guns
837 guns
First Army:

142,053 infantry
10,188 cavalry
Only combat troops:[2]
Total 473,842 men
447,737 infantry
26,105 cavalry
1,017 machine guns
2,065 guns
Casualties and losses

Total:69,174:[3]

German Army:
19,029 KIA, MIA, WIA

Austro-Hungarian Army:
50,145 KIA, MIA, WIA
Other estimate:
Total:148,000
125,000 killed or wounded 23,000 captured[4][5]
Total: 145,309 KIA, MIA, WIA[6]

The Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw, was a Russian victory against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front during the First World War.

  1. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт первой мировой войны: потери сторон 1914; 2019, р. 75
  2. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, 2019, р. 76
  3. ^ Нелипович С.Г., 2013, p. 283
  4. ^ Олейников А. Россия-щит Антанты. С предисловием Николая Старикова.-СПб.:Питер, 2016.-336 с.-( серия «Николай Стариков рекомендует прочитать») ISBN 978-5-496-01795-4
  5. ^ Олейников А. Потери противников в осенних операциях в Польше — Варшавско-Ивангородской 15 сентября — 26 октября и Лодзинской 29 октября — 6 декабря 1914 г. на Русском фронте Первой мировой войны. // Рейтар. 2011. № 51. — С. 166—171.
  6. ^ Нелипович С.Г., Кровавый октябрь 1914 года (2013), p. 284

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