The 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa, (3–11 September 1914). Under the command of General Pavel Plehve, they advanced into a forty-mile gap in the Austrian line between the Austrian First and Fourth armies. The Austrian chief of staff, General Franz Conrad, ordered a general retreat: the Austrians fell back over one hundred miles and lost 350,000 men. The Germans then moved troops from the Prussian front to stop a potential Austrian collapse.[1]
^Rickard, J. (23 February 2001), Battle of Rava Ruska, 3-11 September 1914 accessed 10 September 2010
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army, russian, empire, russian, fifth, army, world, russian, field, army, that, fought, eastern, front, contents, action, deployment, also, referencesaction, editthe, army, action, battle, rawa, september, 1914, under, command, general, pavel, plehve, they, ad. The Russian Fifth Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Eastern Front Contents 1 Action 2 Deployment 3 See also 4 ReferencesAction editThe 5th Army saw action at the Battle of Rawa 3 11 September 1914 Under the command of General Pavel Plehve they advanced into a forty mile gap in the Austrian line between the Austrian First and Fourth armies The Austrian chief of staff General Franz Conrad ordered a general retreat the Austrians fell back over one hundred miles and lost 350 000 men The Germans then moved troops from the Prussian front to stop a potential Austrian collapse 1 Deployment editSouthwestern Front July September 1914 Northwestern Front September 1914 August 1915 Northern Front August 1915 early 1918 Rank Commander Period S General of Cavalry Pavel Plehve 19 07 1914 14 01 1915 8 06 1915 6 12 1915 General of Infantry Aleksey Czurin 14 01 1915 8 06 1915General of Infantry Vladislav Klembovsky 6 12 1915 30 01 1916General of Infantry Aleksey Kuropatkin 30 01 1916 6 02 1916General of Cavalry Vasily Gurko 21 02 1916 4 08 1916General of Infantry Wladimir Slusarienko acting temporarily in August 1916General of Cavalry Abram Dragomirov 14 08 1916 27 04 1917General of Infantry Yuri Danilov 29 04 1917 9 09 1917Lieutenant General Vasily Boldyrev 09 09 1917 13 11 1917Lieutenant General Panteleimon Sukhanov 13 11 1917 01 01 1918Major General Arthur Zulf 01 1918See also editList of Russian armies in World War I List of Imperial Russian Army formations and unitsReferences edit Rickard J 23 February 2001 Battle of Rava Ruska 3 11 September 1914 accessed 10 September 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 5th Army Russian Empire amp oldid 1194836979, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
