✦ History

Battle of Vilnius (1915)

August 26 – October 2, 1915 · Švenčionys

Result Russian victory

Russian armies withdrew from the Vilnius area in the Great Retreat as German forces tried to encircle them. The Russians escaped the pocket and the front stabilised.

On the map Contemporaries

German Empire

Russian Empire

German Empire
Russian Empire
Paul von Hindenburg military commander Erich Ludendorff military commander
Nicholas II of Russia military commander Nikolai Ruzsky military commander Mikhail Alekseyev military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
948,048
Casualties
116,187
Casualties
80,000–376,574

Units

10th Army (German Empire) 12th Army (German Empire) 8th Army (German Empire) 9th Army (German Empire) Army of the Niemen
10th Army (Russian Empire) 1st Army (Russian Empire) 2nd Army (Russian Empire) Russian 12th Army (1915–1918)

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