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]
| 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 | czasowo pełniący obowiązki w sierpniu 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[]
References[]
- ↑ Rickard, J. (23 February 2001), Battle of Rava Ruska, 3-11 September 1914 accessed 10 September 2010
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