Sventiany Offensive
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Sventiany (Švenčionys) Offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||
Eastern Front in the second half of 1915. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hermann v. Eichhorn |
Alexei Evert Evgeny Radkevich Pavel Plehve | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
German 10th Army |
Russian 10th Army Russian 5th Army |
The Sventiany Offensive (now Švenčionys) was a military operation mostly undertaken by the Imperial German Army's 10th Army against the Imperial Russian Army's 10th Army on the Eastern Front during World War I.
On 9 September 1915, the Germans broke through the Russian defences and four German cavalry divisions, reinforced from 13 September 1915 by two others, went into the breach to gain the rear of the Russian 10th Army. Later the German cavalry operations, devoid of infantry and artillery support, weakened; and on 15–16 September 1915 the newly formed Russian 2nd Army finally stopped the German attack. The Russians pushed the Germans back and eliminated the Sventiany breach on 2 October 1915.
Sources[]
- Yevseyev, I. Sventyanski proryv, Moscow, 1936.
References[]
Categories:
- 1915 in the Russian Empire
- Battles of the Eastern Front (World War I)
- Battles of World War I involving Germany
- Battles of World War I involving Russia
- Military history of Lithuania
- Conflicts in 1915
- September 1915 events
- October 1915 events
- Švenčionys
- German battle stubs
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