Sventiany Offensive

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict = Sventiany Offensive


caption = Eastern Front, 7-18 September, 1915.
partof = the Eastern Front during World War I
date = nowrap|August 26 (N.S. September 8) nowrap|to September 19 (N.S. October 2), 1915
place = Švenčionys, Lithuania
result = Russian victory
combatant1 = flag|German Empire
combatant2 = flag|Russian Empire
commander1 = flagicon|German Empire Hermann v. Eichhorn
commander2 = flagicon|Russian Empire Yevgeniy Radkevich flagicon|Russian Empire Pavel Plehve
strength1 = 10th German army
strength2 = 10th Russian army
casualties1 = unknown
casualties2 = unknown

The Sventiany Offensive was a military operation mostly undertaken by the 10th German Army against the 10th Russian Army as part of the Eastern Front during World War I. On September 9, 1915 four German cavalry divisions, enforced from September 13 by two others filled the gap in the Russian front and deployed an attack to gain the rear of 10th Russian army. On September 9 the Germans broke the Russian defence and six cavalry divisions were thrown into breach. Later however the German onslaught, devoid of infantry and artillery support, weakened and in September 15-16 was finally stopped by the newly formed 2nd Russian army. In October 2 the Sventiany breach was eliminated.

Sources

*Yevseyev, I. "Sventyanski proryv", Moscow, 1936.