Siege of Novogeorgievsk
| Siege of Novogeorgievsk | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||
Russian 8-inch mortars captured at Novogeorgievsk. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| German Empire | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hans Hartwig von Beseler | Nikolai Pavlovich Bobyr | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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80,000 men 390 guns |
90,000 man 197 machine guns 1,253 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Several hundred men | Entire Garrison captured | ||||||
The siege of Novogeorgievsk was a battle of World War I fought after the Germans broke the Russian defenses in Paul von Hindenburg's Bug-Narew Offensive. In terms of the ratio of casualties and trophies, the German victory at Novogeorgievsk surpassed the victory at Tannenberg in 1914. It is also one of the most brilliant victories in world military history in capturing a heavily fortified fortress defended by superior enemy forces. Numerous Russian sources call the fall of Novogeorgievsk the most shameful page in the history of the Russian Imperial army.