| Battle of Smorgon | |||||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front of World War I | |||||||||
 Trenches near Smorgon, April 1917 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russian Empire |
 German Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Anton Denikin |
Otto von Garnier | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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6th German Cavalry Corps | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Initial: 4 cavalry batallions 7 infantry battalions Final: 16 infantry divisions 2 cavalry divisions ~900 guns |
6 infantry divisions 4 cavalry divisions | ||||||||
The Battle of Smorgon (Belarusian: Абарона Смаргоні; Russian: Оборона Сморгони) was an 810-day battle near the town of Smorgon along the Eastern Front of World War I.[1] It was during this battle that Russian troops successfully halted the enemy's advance for the first time since the Great Retreat. In addition, chemical weapons were used for the first time on the Eastern Front in the Smorgon region.[1]
The settlement was completely destroyed and went down in history as a "dead city".[2]
- ^ a b "Defence of Smorgon". National Library of Belarus. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ Е.К. Новик, И.Л. Качалов, Н.Е. Новик (2011). История Беларуси с древнейших времён до 2010 г. Минск: «Вышэйшая школа».
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