Battle of the Wierzbołów (Russian: Битва у Вержболово), was one of the largest battles of the first 16 days of the World War I, during which the parties were preparing to conduct full-scale operations.[2]
| Battle of the Wierzbołów station | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |
 German Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Alexander Granikov Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Volga 109th Infantry Regiment | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,500 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Heavy[a] | ||||||
10,000 German troops attacked 2,500 Russians on the station,[3] the Germans wanted to destroy the station to slow down the mobilization of the Russians, but they could not take it and had to retreat.[4]
References
edit- ^ Oleynikov 2023.
- ^ Belolipetsky 1939, p. 183.
- ^ Borisyuk 2024, p. 32.
- ^ Borisyuk 2024, p. 33.
Bibliography
edit- Borisyuk, Andrey (2024). Забытая война. Россия в 1914-1918 [The forgotten war. Russia in 1914-1918] (in Russian). Moscow: Вече. ISBN 978-5-4484-5078-5.
- Oleynikov, Alexei (2023). Германские знаменные трофеи русской армии [German banner trophies of the Russian army] (in Russian). Военно-исторический журнал.
- Belolipetsky, V. (1939). Восточно-Прусская операция: сборник документов мировой империалистической войны [The East Prussian Operation: a collection of documents of the World Imperialist War] (in Russian). Moscow.
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