Battle of Augustów (1914)
| Battle of Augustów (1914) | |||||||||
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| Part of Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||||
Operations of the Northwestern front on the border of East Prussia around the towns of Augustow and Suwalki | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russian Empire | German Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Evgeny Aleksandrovich Radkevich Vasily Flug |
Paul von Hindenburg Richard von Schubert | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 10th Army | 8th Army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 247,467 | 129,814 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 20,000 | Very heavy | ||||||||
The Battle of Augustów, also known as the First Augustow Operation, was a conflict on the Eastern Front during the First World War. It took place between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in September 1914.