Vistula–Bug offensive

July 13 – August 28, 1915

Result Central Powers’ victory

German and Austro-Hungarian forces attacked Russian armies in southern Poland and Galicia. They broke through and forced the Russians into the Great Retreat.

Contemporaries

Central Powers

Allies

German Empire

Austria-Hungary

Russian Empire

August von Mackensen military commander

Nikolay Ivanov military commander

Mikhail Alekseyev military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 1,193,768
Guns: 2,475

German Empire Killed 24,984 · Wounded 63,699 · Missing 4,791

Austria-Hungary Killed 12,474 · Wounded 55,521 · Missing 24,006

Strength: 1,078,897
Killed: 39,654
Wounded: 155,413
Missing: 184,034
Guns: 2,933

Units

11th Army (German Empire) 1st Army (Austria-Hungary) 2nd Army (Austria-Hungary) 4th Army (Austria-Hungary) 4th Army (German Empire) Army of the Bug

13th Army (Russian Empire) 8th Army (Russian Empire) Russian 3rd Army (1914–1918)