Sventiany Offensive

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Sventiany Offensive

Part of the Eastern Front during World War I

Eastern Front in the second half of 1915.

Date	August 26 (N.S. September 8) to September 19 (N.S. October 2), 1915
Location	Sventiany, Russian Empire (Now Švenčionys, Lithuania) 55°09′N 26°10′E / 55.150°N 26.167°E / 55.150; 26.167Coordinates: 55°09′N 26°10′E / 55.150°N 26.167°E / 55.150; 26.167
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

German Empire

Russian Empire

Commanders and leaders

Hermann v. Eichhorn

Alexei Evert

Yevgeniy Radkevich

Pavel Plehve

Units involved

German 10th Army

Russian 10th Army

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Unknown

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The Sventiany Offensive was a military operation mostly undertaken by the 10th German Army against the 10th Russian Army as part of the Eastern Front during World War I. 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 the German onslaught, devoid of infantry and artillery support, weakened and on September 15–16 was finally stopped by the newly formed 2nd Russian army. On October 2 the Sventiany breach was eliminated.

Sources

Yevseyev, I. Sventyanski proryv, Moscow, 1936.

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