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5th Army (Russian Empire)

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The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern theatre of war.

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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, 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.

Deployment

  • Southwestern Front (July 1914 - September 1914)
  • Northwestern Front (September 1914 - August 1915)
  • Northern Front (August 1915 - early 1918)

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