Siege of Kovno

Siege of Kovno
	Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
Date	12 August – 18 August 1915
Location	Kovno, Russian Empire (now in Lithuania)
Result	German victory
Belligerents
German Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Karl Litzmann	Vladimir Grigoriev
Strength
unknown	66,000 ; 1,370 guns
Casualties and losses
10,000 killed	20,000 prisoners, 1,300 guns (of which 350 were heavy), 100 machine guns, 20,000 rifles, 810,000 shells.

Summer 1915, Imperial German Army began a Riga–Schaulen offensive and advanced towards Lithuania and Kaunas. The Germans reached Kovno in July 1915. At that time, 66,629 men with 1,370 guns, commanded by Vladimir Grigoriev (Russian: Владимир Григорьев), manned the fortress.^[5] To attack the fortress, the Germans brought four divisions to the operation, which were placed under the command of Karl Litzmann.^[6]

^ С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт Первой мировой войны. Потери сторон 1915, 2022, p. 512
^ С.Г. Нелипович, 2022, p. 512
^ Олейников 2016, p. 257.
^ Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918. Bd. VIII, p. 480
^ С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт Первой мировой войны. Потери сторон 1915, 2022, p. 512
^ Kviklys 1991, pp. 242–243

[1] С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт Первой мировой войны. Потери сторон 1915, 2022, p. 512

[2] С.Г. Нелипович, 2022, p. 512

[FOOTNOTEОлейников2016257-3] Олейников 2016, p. 257.

[4] Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918. Bd. VIII, p. 480

[5] С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт Первой мировой войны. Потери сторон 1915, 2022, p. 512

[ML-6] Kviklys 1991, pp. 242–243

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