Second East Prussian campaign | |||||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Hermann von François | Nikolai Ruzsky | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
VIII Army |
I Army[b] X Army | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
On 20 September 1914 129,814 men[6] 354 machine guns[7] 540 guns[8] | 295,000[9] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown[c] | 97,377[12] |
The offensive of the Russian armies in October 1914 with the aim of capturing East Prussia after in Battle of Augustów (1914).
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