5th Army (Russian Empire)
The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.
Action
The 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa, (3–11 September 1914). Under the command of General Pavel Plehve they advanced into a forty-mile gap in the Austrian line between the Austrian First and Fourth armies. The Austrian chief of staff, General Franz Conrad, the Austrian chief of staff, ordered a general retreat: the Austrians fell back over one hundred miles and lost 350,000 men. The Germans then moved troops from the Prussian front to stop a potential Austrian collapse.[1]
Deployment
- Southwestern Front (July 1914 - September 1914)
- Northwestern Front (September 1914 - August 1915)
- Northern Front (August 1915 - early 1918)
| Rank | Commander | Period(S) |
|---|---|---|
| General of Cavalry | Pavel Plehve | 19.07.1914 - 14.01.1915; 8.06.1915 - 6.12.1915; |
| General of Infantry | Aleksey Czurin | 14.01.1915 - 8.06.1915 |
| General of Infantry | Vladislav Klembovsky | 6.12.1915 - 30.01.1916 |
| General of Infantry | Aleksey Kuropatkin | 30.01.1916 - 6.02.1916 |
| General of Cavalry | Vasily Gurko | 21.02.1916 - 4.08.1916 |
| General of Infantry | Władimir Slusarienko | acting temporarily in August 1916 |
| General of Cavalry | Abram Dragomirov | 14.08.1916 - 27.04.1917 |
| General of Infantry | Yuri Danilov | 29.04.1917 - 9.09.1917 |
| Lieutenant General | Vasily Boldyriev | 09.09.1917 - 13.11.1917 |
See also
- List of Russian armies in World War I
- List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units
References
- ↑ Rickard, J. (23 February 2001), Battle of Rava Ruska, 3-11 September 1914 accessed 10 September 2010