First Battle of Przasnysz
| 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 | |||||||||
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Paul von Hindenburg Max von Gallwitz |
Nikolai Ruzsky Alexander Litvinov Pavel Plehve | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Eighth Army |
First Army Twelfth Army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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225,000 men 350 machine guns 750 guns |
471,901 men 636 machine guns 966 guns | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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60,000 casualties, including 14,000 POWs 58 cannons | 40,000 casualties | ||||||||
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.