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Riga–Schaulen offensive
1915 German offensive on the Eastern Front of World War I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Riga–Schaulen offensive was a major Imperial German Army's offensive, launched by the Army of the Niemen of Paul von Hindenburg's group of armies to divert Russian forces from the direction of the main German blow of the summer offensive on Narew. However, it gradually changed into an offensive of two German armies to capture the Kovno fortress and reach the Western Dvina. In the course of a successful offensive, the German army defeated the superior forces of the Russian army and reached the approaches to the important city of Riga.
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Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||
![]() German summer offensive in the Eastern Front 1915 | |||||||
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120,000 men and 600 guns[1] | 128,500 men[lower-alpha 1] and 365 guns[2] | ||||||
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10,000[3] | 50,000[3] including 27,000 captured |
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