Battle of Syniava

Battle of Syniava
Part of the Eastern Front of the World War I
Date13 - 15 May, 1915
Location
Stara Syniava, Austria-Hungary
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Austria-Hungary Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Austria-Hungary Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria Vladimir Irmanov [ru]
Konstantin Nekrasov [ru]
Strength
113,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy
7,436 captured		 Medium
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Eastern Front
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
Naval warfare
  • Baltic Sea
  • Black Sea
Peace treaties
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Ukraine–Central Powers)
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
  • Treaty of Bucharest (1918)
  • Preliminary Ukrainian-Soviet peace treaty (1918)  [uk]

Battle of Syniava (Russian: Битва под Синявами); The operation of the Russian army during the offensive of the central powers in Galicia. The operation was carried out in order to divert the attention of the Austro-Hungarian command from Przemysl, which was under threat of capture, despite a decisive tactical victory and a large advance deep into the territory, it was not possible to distract the enemy's attention.

Attack

The offensive began on the night of May 13, the attack on the Austrian positions near Sinyavy was carried out very successfully for the Russians, 2,500 prisoners and an entire line of trenches were captured with almost no losses.[1] And by May 14th, the Russians had achieved success in other areas of the offensive, The 3rd Caucasian Corps in the northern direction took another 1,000 prisoners. On the afternoon of the same day, the Austro-Hungarians tried to launch a counteroffensive, but failed, although they inflicted significant losses on the Russian offensive began on May 15, also successful, the Austrians, under the onslaught of the Russians, went to the other side of the San river.[2]

Reference

  1. ^ Oleynikov 2023, p. 226.
  2. ^ Oleynikov, p. 227. sfn error: no target: CITEREFOleynikov (help)

Sources

  • Oleynikov, А. (2023). Германский натиск на Восток 1915 [The German push to the East 1915] (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-4484-4327-5.