Second Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914)

Second East Prussian campaign
Part of the Eastern Front of World War I
Date27 September – 2 November 1914
Location
Result German victory
Territorial
changes
Russian Empire captures small part of East Prussia.
Belligerents
 German Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
German Empire Hermann von François
Nikolai Ruzsky
Units involved
German Empire VIII Army I Army
X Army
Strength
On 20 September 1914
129,814 men[1]
354 machine guns[2]
540 guns[3]
On 28 September 1914
Total 525,682 men[4]
10 Army
247,467 men
565 machine guns
749 guns
1 Army
278,215 men
272 machine guns
648 guns
Casualties and losses
Official German medical reports:
5,250 KIA,
18,169 WIA,
4,930 MIA
Total 28,349[5]
lost:[6]
9 machine guns
9 guns
Official Russian medical reports:
14,762 KIA,
53,692 WIA,
32,169 MIA
Total 101,290[7]
lost:[8]
65 machine guns
64 guns

The offensive of the Russian armies in October 1914 with the aim of capturing East Prussia after in Battle of Augustów (1914).

  1. ^ Sanitaetsbericht ueber das Deutsche Heer, bd. III, Berlin 1934, taffel 11
  2. ^ С. Г. Нелипович: Два похода. Борьба за Восточную Пруссию в августе-октябре 1914 года, 2020, p. 114
  3. ^ С. Г. Нелипович, 2020, p. 114
  4. ^ С. Г. Нелипович, 2020, p. 110-111
  5. ^ С. Г. Нелипович, 2020, p. 203 calculated according to: Deutsche Verlustlisten. Armee-Verordnungsblaetter № 91-1297. 11.10.1914-06.12.1916; Heckmann J. Kriegsgeschichte des Reserve-Jaeger-Bataillons Nr.22. Zeulenroda. 1937. p. 13-16; Niebelschuetz G. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr.230. Oldenburg; Berlin, 1926
  6. ^ С. Г. Нелипович, 2020, p. 204
  7. ^ С. Г. Нелипович, 2020, p. 203 calculated based on documents from the Russian State Military Historical Archive
  8. ^ С. Г. Нелипович, 2020, p. 203

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