First Battle of Przasnysz
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First Battle of Przasnysz was a battle between Imperial German Army and Russian troops which took place between 7–28 February 1915, on the Eastern Front during World War I.
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1st Battle of Przasnysz | |||||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||||
Eastern Front, 1915. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Paul von Hindenburg Max von Gallwitz |
Nikolai Ruzsky Alexander Litvinov Pavel Plehve | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Armee-Gruppe Gallwitz |
First Army Twelfth Army | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
225,000 men[4] 350 machine guns 750 guns |
471,901 men[5] 636 machine guns 966 guns | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
60,000 casualties, including 14,000 POWs[6] 58 cannons |
Total 34,447[7] 4,559 KIA 8,855 MIA 21,033 WIA |
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