Sventiany Offensive

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Sventiany Offensive
Part of World War I
Date August 26 (N.S. September 8)—September 19 (N.S. October 2), 1915 Location Švenčionys, Lithuania Result Russian victory
Belligerents
German Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders
Hermann von Eichhorn	Yevgeniy Radkevich Pavel Pleve

v • d • e Eastern Front Stallupönen – Gumbinnen – Tannenberg – Kraśnik – 1st Lemberg – Komarow – 1st Masurian Lakes – Przemyśl – Vistula River – Łódź – Bolimov – 2nd Masurian Lakes – Gorlice-Tarnów – Warsaw – Lake Naroch – Brusilov Offensive – Kerensky Offensive

Sventiany Offensive generally was a military operation of 10th German army against 10th Russian army. On September 9, 1915 four German cavalry divisions, enforced from September 13 by two others filled the gap in the Russian front and deployed an attack to gain the rear of 10th Russian army. On September 9 the Germans broke the Russian defence and six cavalry divisions were thrown into breach. Later however the German onslaught, devoid of infantry and artillery support, weakened and in September 15-16 was finally stopped by the newly formed 2nd Russian army. In October 2 the Sventiany breach was eliminated.

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• Yevseyev, I. Sventyanski proryv, Moscow, 1936