Battle of Virbalis

Battle of Virbalis
Part of the Eastern Front of World War I
Date 15 August [O.S. 2 August] 1914 Location Virbalis, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Granikov Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski	Unknown
Units involved
Volga 109th Infantry Regiment	Unknown
Strength
2,500	10,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy[a]

Battle of Virbalis (Russian: Битва у Вержболово), was one of the largest battles of the first 16 days of the World War I, during which the parties were preparing to conduct full-scale operations.^[2]

10,000 German troops attacked 2,500 Russians on the station,^[3] the Germans wanted to destroy the train station to slow down the mobilization of the Russians, but they could not take it and had to retreat.^[4] It is the first battle of the World War 1 Eastern Front.

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