Central powers offensive at 1915 on the Eastern front
Gorlice breakthrough
Part of Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive in the Eastern Front during World War I
Gorlice-Tarnów breakthrough and Russian withdrawal
Date
1–10 May 1915
Location
Eastern bank of river Dunajetz from river Vistula to Bartfeld village (in Slovakia) and east along Carpathian mountains to river Pruth; south-east of Kraków
Result
German victory Russian Army retreat to the Carpathians
Belligerents
Russian Empire
German Empire Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolay Ivanov
Erich von Falkenhayn August von Mackensen Hans von Seeckt
Units involved
III Army
XI Army III Army IV Army
Strength
On May 1:[1] 401,041 men 525 machine guns 729 guns
On May 1:[2] 700,299 men 734 machine guns 1,691 guns
Casualties and losses
May 1–10:[3] Only 3rd Army: 100,000 prisoners 80 guns and 250 machine guns captured Unknown but very large number of KIA and WIA
May 1–10: German XI Army[4] 2,634 KIA 1,067 MIA 11,470 WIA Total: 15,171 Austria-Hungary[5] 4,000 KIA 17,000 WIA
The Gorlice breakthrough occurred in the May 1–10, 1915 as part of the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive during World War I. The German 11th Army led by General August von Mackensen, with the support on the flanks by the 3rd and 4th Austro-Hungarian Armies, defeated the 3rd Russian Army. For the first time in the history of the First World War a heavily fortified and long-term defensive position was broken through during the Gorliсе offensive.
^ С.Г. Нелипович, 2022, p. 289
^С.Г. Нелипович, Русский фронт Первой мировой войны. Потери сторон 1915, 2022, p. 289 calculated according to: Oesterreich-Ungarns letzter Krieg 1914–1918. Bd. 2. Beilage 14: Oesta-KA. AOK – Quartiermeister-Abteilung. Karton 1522. Op. 50500 (1915): Karton 2694. Op. 102017 (1915): Karton 2699. Op. 23900 (1915)
^С.Г. Нелипович, 2022, p. 307
^Rotkirch, Graf von, Trach. Freiherr von, L. Gorlice-Tarnow. pp. 78–79: Sanitaetsbericht ueber das Deutsche Heer (Deutsche Feld – und Besatzungsheer) im Weltkriege 1914/18. Berlin. 1936. Bd. II. p. 43
^С.Г. Нелипович, 2022, p. 307 calculated according to: OeStA-KA. AOK-Qu-Abteilung. Karton 2699. Op. 25150(1915)
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