✦ History

Battle of Stallupönen

August 17, 1914 · Nesterov

Result German victory

The German army attacked Russian forces invading East Prussia near Stallupönen. It was the first battle on the Eastern Front in the First World War.

On the map Contemporaries

German Empire

Russian Empire

Other

German Empire
Russian Empire
Hermann von François military commander
Paul von Rennenkampf military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
18,000
Casualties
1,500
Strength
50,000
Casualties
7,467
Killed
619
Wounded
2,382
Captured
4,466

Units

8th Army (German Empire) I Corps (German Empire) 1st Cavalry Division (German Empire)
1st Army (Russian Empire) 25th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 27th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 29th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 40th Infantry Division (Russian Empire)
1st Division (German Empire)