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 Front.
Action
[edit ]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.[1]
Deployment
[edit ]- Southwestern Front (July – 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 Boldyrev | 09.09.1917 – 13.11.1917 |
| Lieutenant General | Panteleimon Sukhanov | 13.11.1917 – 01.01.1918 |
| Major General | Arthur Zulf | 01.1918 |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Rickard, J. (23 February 2001), Battle of Rava Ruska, 3-11 September 1914 accessed 10 September 2010
