Second battle of Przasnysz
1915 German offensive on the Eastern Front of World War I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Second battle of Przasnysz took place at the beginning of a major Bug-Narew Offensive of the Imperial German army on the German Eastern front. In the course of a stubborn battle, German troops under the command of Max von Gallwitz broke into the heavily fortified defenses of the outnumbered Russian army and took the city of Przasnysz.
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Second battle of Przasnysz | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||
Bug-Narew Offensive and Russian withdrawal | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Paul von Hindenburg Erich Ludendorff Max Hoffmann Max von Gallwitz |
Mikhail Alekseyev Alexander Litvinov | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Armee-Gruppe Gallwitz | I Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
177,000 men and 1,382 artillery[3] | 107,000 men and 377 artillery[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20,000-44,000[4] | 40,000 men[5] |
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