Narew Offensive

Narew Offensive
	Part of the Bug-Narew Offensive of Eastern Front of World War I
	; Bug-Narew Offensive; and Russian withdrawal;
Date	19 July - 3 August 1915
Location	Narew area (present-day Poland)
Result	German victory Part of the Bug-Narew Offensive.;
Belligerents
German Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Paul von Hindenburg; Erich Ludendorff; Max Hoffmann; Max von Gallwitz;	Mikhail Alekseyev; Alexander Litvinov;
Units involved
XII Army; VIII Army;	I Army; XII Army;
Strength
335,696 men	583,756 men
Casualties and losses
60,482 men	133,069 men; including 45,000 prisoners;

The World War I German Narew offensive followed after the victory in the Second battle of Przasnysz. In stubborn battles, the Imperial German army forced the numerically superior forces of the Russian Army to retreat, but could not inflict a decisive defeat on them.

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