1572:. The Bavarian cavalry division attacked the Russian 5th cavalry division, upset by the battle with the 36th reserve division, but it was able to retreat, where the entire detachment of N. Kaznakov gathered. Having thrown back the Russian cavalry from the left flank, the 36th reserve division went to the rear of the 37th army corps, connected from the front by a battle against von Beckmann's division, causing its disorderly retreat 45 km to the east, cutting off the escape routes and the 3rd army corps. The defeat of the left wing and center of the 5th Army was not used by the Germans, who acted very carefully and were more concerned about protecting themselves from possible counterattacks on an extended front.
1506:. P. Plehve was confident in the direction of the enemy's main attack on Mitava and did not attach importance to the success of the Southern Group. Corps C. von Morgen captured Shavli. Having allowed the troops of the left wing of the 5th Army to withdraw at 14 o'clock, P. Plehve tried to close the gaps in the battle line and defeat the German Northern Group on the outskirts of Mitava. But the stubborn battle did not lead to success. The Germans repulsed the counterattack and pushed back the right wing of the 5th Army. The retreat of D. Dolgov's detachment was cut off by E. von Schmettov's cavalry, but the next day he managed to break through.
1494:: the Russian cavalry successfully repulsed the attacks, but retreated with the approach of the German infantry. After a series of unsuccessful attacks, C. von Morgen handed over the main blow to the brigade of Otto von Homeyer, transferring all the heavy artillery of the corps to him. To create a strike group, P. Plehve turned to M. Alekseyev for reinforcements and received the 53rd and 104th infantry divisions (the first from the 10th army, the second was transported from Odessa). To cover the gap of 50 km formed between the 7th Siberian and 19th Army Corps, Plehve assembled a detachment of Lieutenant General
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on the right bank. The
Landwehr advancing on Kovno was stopped by Russian troops 16 km from the forts. On July 23, the 10th German Army received the task of closely blocking the fortress from the west, and on July 24, they were to cross the Neman south of Kovno and cut off the garrison's escape route. But until July 27, the army received only one infantry brigade and 5 heavy batteries (including one 42-cm mortar), after which E. Ludendorff informed H. von Eichhorn that it was impossible to further strengthen his troops.
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1442:. The breakthrough reached 60 km along the front and from 6 to 30 km in depth. To eliminate the breakthrough, Plehve decided to send the 12th and 13th Siberian rifle divisions, giving them another 4th and 15th cavalry divisions with the Ussuri Cossack brigade, forming the 7th Siberian army corps under the temporary command of General Lieutenant
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occupied defensive positions opposite each other, a total of 332,151 Russian and 167,710 German military personnel. The double advantage of the
Russian side in forces and means put the success of the operation of the German troops against Kovno into question. Therefore, initially the German 10th Army
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Southern Group of the Army of the Niemen went on the offensive: the corps of C. von Morgen was supposed to capture Schaulen. Since the heavy artillery of the group was small, the preparation of the attack lasted 5 hours. Nevertheless, the battle formations of the Russian 3rd and 37th
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Having no support against Kovno from the south, the commander of the Army of the Niemen O. von Below launched an offensive against Mitava. On July 26, the
Russian cavalry, covering the retreat of the 5th Army, withdrew. On July 28-29, both sides brought incoming reinforcements into the battle line.
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captured 300 prisoners; on July 21, the 79th reserve and 16th landwehr divisions, having spent 3,000 heavy shells, attacked the
Russian positions. However, it was not possible to build on the first success due to the flood of the Neman River and the heavily fortified positions of the Russian troops
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Cavalry and 53rd Infantry Divisions to hastily launch an offensive from Mitava, and the detachment of D. Dolgov, the 3rd and 37th
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River to the Baltic coast of
Courland. The capture of Panevėžys by the German troops gave them the opportunity to develop an offensive in three directions: to the north against Riga, to the east to Dvinsk and Vilna, to the south around Kovno. The Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East
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met the divisions of the 7th
Siberian Army Corps, which had arrived on a forced march, and already at 10 o'clock they overturned them in the forest near Anperhof. 409 heavy shells were fired at the Russian positions, after which they were abandoned by the soldiers, who retreated to Mitava. On the
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for the development of the offensive (near Mitava) and the rest of the
Northern Corps, send the 6th and 78th reserve divisions across the Laventa River, bypassing Panevėžys from the north, with the 1st reserve corps to advance directly on Panevėžys along the railway, and the 36th reserve and The
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Southern group of
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For 10 days, the German Army of the Niemen captured 23 guns, 40 machine guns and 27,000 prisoners. The Russian 5th Army, although it avoided envelopment, forcing the Germans to move to a frontal pursuit, suffered heavy losses and absorbed the reserves of the front. The commander-in-chief of the
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militia detachment. Since the beginning of the operation, the Army of the Niemen captured 6,000 Russian prisoners and 9 guns. P. Plehve did not expect such a low combat capability of the 7th Siberian Army Corps and blamed N. Sulimov for the failure, although he himself exhausted the troops with
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and made a different decision: to tie down the Russian forces with the 41st Infantry and 8th Cavalry Divisions, and send the rest of the formations of the Northern Group to the rear of the Russians. On July 18–19, the cavalry of the Army of the Niemen attacked the Russian positions of the 15th
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After receiving the order from staff of the Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East to turn the army to Vilno, Below ordered to stop the pursuit, go on the defensive in the Riga direction, leaving only the 29th Landwehr and the 3rd and 18th cavalry brigades near Riga, and send the
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left, the positions of the Siberian riflemen were bypassed by the 6th Cavalry Division, and the Life Hussar Brigade went to the flank and rear of Dolgov's detachment. The 8th cavalry division and the 18th cavalry brigade pushed back parts of the 4th and 15th Russian cavalry divisions and the
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proceeded to implement the plan to capture the fortress of Kovno. However, the task of capturing Mitava was not removed: for this, the 8th cavalry, 41st infantry and 6th reserve divisions and 6 heavy batteries were included in the von Schmettov detachment. The 1st and 5th cavalry corps (
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from the south, hiding from the Kovno garrison by the 3rd cavalry division. Both sides were exhausted from the fighting and maneuvering and needed to rest. Therefore, during the day the Germans conducted only a sluggish pursuit, taken by P. Plehve for the end of the offensive.
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began to withdraw to Riga: units of the von Schmettow group that had gone on the attack occupied Mitava at 16 o'clock, in which wood depots were set on fire during the withdrawal, and by evening they were already halfway from Riga.
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and von Schmettov) were to advance towards Dvinsk and Vilna, and the 1st and 39th (Northern) reserve corps were concentrated in Panevėžys to attack the northern front of the Kovno fortress.
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1915 German offensive on the Eastern Front of World War I
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The Great Retreat and stabilization of the Eastern Front
1869:Стратегическиq очерк войны 1914-1918 гг. volume 4. p. 81
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Sanitaetsbericht ueber das Deutsche Heer, bd. III, p. 45
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Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918 Bd. VIII, 1932, p. 473-474
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army corps were thrown back from the left bank of the
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1897:Великое отступление и стабилизация восточного фронта
1770:Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918 Bd. VIII.,1932, p.356
1761:Der Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918 Bd. VIII.,1932, p.356
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45:Summer German Offensive in the Eastern Front 1915
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1779:Корольков Г. К., p. 33-34
1752:Корольков Г. К., p. 29-30
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1886:Bibliography
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1649:Gulf of Riga
1630:
1622:Yuri Danilov
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1536:Viliya River
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1390:78th reserve
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888:Death Island
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732:1st Courland
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478:Gross-Bresau
455:
378:
209:Pavel Plehve
97:Belligerents
78:
27:Part of the
1645:Gross Eckau
1323: [
1274:Motovilivka
1223: [
1204: [
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1132: [
1120: [
1111:Faustschlag
1023: [
917:Lake Naroch
891: [
820:Vistula-Bug
786:Kraupishken
781:3rd Osowiec
737:2nd Bolimów
727:2nd Osowiec
674: [
660:Carpathians
636:Bzura-Rawka
620:Krzywopłoty
576:1st Osowiec
555: [
552:Jarosławice
527:Zolota Lypa
517:1st Kraśnik
493:Abschwangen
463:Stallupönen
364:Vistula-Bug
33:World War I
1942:Categories
1677:References
1444:N. Sulimov
1417:Lieutenant
1378:Grivaishen
1353:Background
1288:Baltic Sea
1242:Sevastopol
1095:Bessarabia
961:2nd Kekava
927:Stolovichy
922:1st Kekava
532:Gnila Lipa
488:Tannenberg
451:Wierzbołów
379:First Riga
1895:(2024).
1653:Panevėžys
1570:Panevėžys
1561:Panevėžys
1538:to Janów
1520:V. Maidel
1293:Black Sea
1237:Salt Lake
1069:Zhmerynka
1032:Krechowce
1015:July Days
981:Schmarden
944:Mamornița
859:Grubeshov
798:Bug-Narew
715:Kalvarija
666:Rafajlowa
654:Cârlibaba
630:Łowczówek
594:San River
483:Gumbinnen
342:Bug-Narew
1637:Aa River
1436:Lielaucė
1419:General
1411:and the
1398:Infantry
1259:Dibrivka
1172:Bakhmach
1105:Rarańcza
1047:2nd Riga
835:1st Riga
742:Pakosław
625:Limanowa
600:Mołotków
571:Augustów
269:Strength
83:part of
62:Location
1668:Outcome
1641:Mežotne
1605:Suwalki
1589:Osowiec
1577:Nevėžis
1530:River.
1528:Nevėžis
1090:Finland
900:Smorgon
825:Jastków
771:Rokitna
759:Syniava
683:Makivka
542:Gorodek
522:Komarow
511:Galicia
473:Kaushen
369:Jastków
1907:
1633:Bauska
1524:Šeduva
1504:Dubysa
1487:Mitava
1479:Windau
1440:Mitava
1405:Plehve
1382:Papilė
1364:Battle
1254:Kaniów
1232:Sivash
1215:Crimea
1189:Donbas
1058:Albion
1008:Zboriv
905:Zurnvo
776:Tarłów
766:Konary
615:Kraków
287:10,000
263:X Army
252:V Army
239:X Army
108:
75:Result
1919:Notes
1899:[
1657:Lėvuo
1614:Vilno
1544:Kovno
1512:Kovno
1370:Venta
1327:]
1227:]
1208:]
1196:]
1184:]
1165:Narva
1160:]
1148:]
1136:]
1124:]
1117:Keila
1037:Krevo
1027:]
954:Kowel
939:Lutsk
895:]
882:Vilno
875:Rovno
854:Rasna
840:Kovno
808:Narew
710:Memel
705:Łomża
678:]
559:]
468:Orlau
384:Kovno
352:Narew
1905:ISBN
1516:Riga
1472:and
1427:and
1388:and
1384:the
1079:1918
992:1917
911:1916
869:Prut
648:1915
610:Łódź
537:Rawa
445:1914
69:area
67:Riga
54:Date
1386:6th
31:of
1944::
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1182:uk
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893:lv
676:ru
557:ru
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