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The Battle of Stallupönen, fought between Russian and German armies on August 17, 1914, was the opening battle of World War I on the Eastern Front.
The first action on the Eastern Front, the Battle of Stalluponen (in present day Lithuania) was fought by a corps of the German Eighth Army against Russian General Rennenkampf's First Army.
21 lip 2014 · On August 17 the first encounter between the Russian and German armies at the Battle of Stalluponen was won by the outnumbered but aggressive German troops, led by General Hermann von Francois.
Battle of Stalluponen. The Russians invade East Prussia, but are temporarily checked by the Germans at the Battle of Stalluponen.
30 paź 2018 · The Battle of Stallupönen was the first military action on the Eastern Front during the First World War. The First Russian Army, led by General Paul von Rennenkampf, met on the battlefield the First Corps of the Eighth German Army, led by Hermann von Francois.
30 maj 2023 · The Battle of Stalluponen was the first battle on the Eastern Front of World War 1. It was fought on August 17, 1914, between a corps of the German Eighth Army and Russian General Rennenkampf's First Army.
World War I was only days old when German General of the Infantry Hermann von François went forward to view his soldiers engaged in combat south of Stalluponen in East Prussia. It was August 17, 1914, and the Russians were advancing against the outnumbered Germans.
