Second battle of Przasnysz
| Second battle of Przasnysz | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||
Bug-Narew Offensive and Russian withdrawal | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Armee-Gruppe Gallwitz | I Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 177,000 men and 1,382 artillery | 107,000 men and 377 artillery | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 20,000–44,000 |
40,000 men 12 guns and 48 machine guns | ||||||
The Second battle of Przasnysz took place at the beginning of a major Bug-Narew Offensive of the Imperial German army on the German Eastern front. In the course of a stubborn battle, German troops under the command of Max von Gallwitz broke into the heavily fortified defenses of the outnumbered Russian army and took the city of Przasnysz.