Battle of the Four Rivers
| Battle of the Four Rivers | |||||||||
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| Part of The Eastern front of the World War I | |||||||||
Siberian riflemen in Warsaw in December 1914 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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German Empire Austria-Hungary | Russian Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Paul von Hindenburg Viktor Dankl von Krasnik Remus von Woyrsch Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli |
Nikolai Ruzsky Alexander Litvinov Vladimir Smirnov Aleksei Evert Paul von Plehwe Platon Lechitsky | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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9th army 1st army 2nd army Landwehr Corps |
1st army 2nd army 4th army 5th army 9th army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 600,000 men | 500,000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 120,000 total | 150,000 to 200,000 total | ||||||||
The Battle of the Four Rivers (Russian: Сражение на четырех реках) or Battles on the Bzura, Rawka, Pilica and Nida was one of the key battles in 1914, as a result of which the Germans tried to break through and take Warsaw, but they could not do it. The battle was the first positional battle on the eastern front, and is also one of the bloodiest battles in 1914.