Conflict: | Battle of the Wierzbołów station |
Partof: | the Eastern Front of World War I |
Place: | Wierzbołów, Russian Empire (Modern day Virbalis, Lithuania) |
Result: | Russian victory |
Combatant1: | Russian Empire |
Commander1: | Alexander Granikov Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski |
Commander2: | Unknown |
Units1: | |
Units2: | Unknown |
Strength1: | 2,500 |
Strength2: | 10,000 |
Casualties1: | Unknown |
Casualties2: | Heavy |
Battle of the Wierzbołów (ru|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.
10,000 German troops attacked 2,500 Russians on the station, the Germans wanted to destroy the station to slow down the mobilization of the Russians, but they could not take it and had to retreat.