Unknown Unknown Dates 8 Sep 1915 – 2 Oct 1915 | Unknown Unknown Result Russian victory | |
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Similar World War I, Battle of Bolimów, Eastern Front, Lake Naroch Offensive, Battle of Stallupönen | ||
The Sventiany Offensive (now Švenčionys) was a military operation mostly undertaken by the 10th German Army against the Russian 10th Army as part of the Eastern Front during World War I. On 9 September 1915 four German cavalry divisions, reinforced from 13 September by two others, filled the gap in the Russian front and deployed an attack to gain the rear of 10th Russian army.
On 9 September 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 15–16 September was finally stopped by the newly formed 2nd Russian army. On 2 October the Sventiany breach was eliminated.
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