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Battle of the Vistula River
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I

Russian infantry repels a night German attack on the Vistula
Date29 September – 31 October 1914
Location
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (present-day Poland)
Result Russian victory
Territorial
changes
Russia regains land in Poland
Belligerents
Battle of the Vistula River German Empire
Battle of the Vistula River Austria-Hungary
Battle of the Vistula River Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
German Empire Paul von Hindenburg
German Empire August von Mackensen
German Empire Remus von Woyrsch
German Empire Max von Gallwitz
Austria-Hungary Viktor Dankl
Battle of the Vistula River Sergei Sheydeman
Battle of the Vistula River Nikolai Ruzsky
Battle of the Vistula River Nikolai Ivanov
Battle of the Vistula River Aleksei Evert
Battle of the Vistula River Pavel Plehve
Units involved
German Empire 9th Army
Austria-Hungary 1st Army
Battle of the Vistula River 2nd Army
Battle of the Vistula River 4th Army
Battle of the Vistula River 5th Army
Battle of the Vistula River 9th Army
Strength
Only combat troops:[1]
Total 293,241 men
Ninth Army:
133,000 infantry
8,000 cavalry
348 machine guns
837 guns
First Army:

142,053 infantry
10,188 cavalry
Only combat troops:[2]
Total 473,842 men
447,737 infantry
26,105 cavalry
1,017 machine guns
2,065 guns
Casualties and losses

Total: 150,000
125,000 killed or wounded

23,000 captured[3][4]
Other estimate:
Total:69,174:[5]

German Army:
19,029 KIA, MIA, WIA

Austro-Hungarian Army:
50,145 KIA, MIA, WIA
Total: 145,309 KIA, MIA, WIA[6]

The Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw, was a Russian victory against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front during the First World War.

  1. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт первой мировой войны: потери сторон 1914; 2019, р. 75
  2. ^ С.Г. Нелипович, 2019, р. 76
  3. ^ Oleynikov 2016, p. 249.
  4. ^ Олейников А. Потери противников в осенних операциях в Польше — Варшавско-Ивангородской 15 сентября — 26 октября и Лодзинской 29 октября — 6 декабря 1914 г. на Русском фронте Первой мировой войны. // Рейтар. 2011. № 51. — С. 166—171.
  5. ^ Нелипович С.Г., 2013, p. 283
  6. ^ Нелипович С.Г., Кровавый октябрь 1914 года (2013), p. 284

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