Battle of Stallupönen

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The Battle of Stallupönen was an early World War I engagement on 17 August 1914 in East Prussia, where German forces under General Hermann von François repelled a Russian advance, marking one of the first clashes on the Eastern Front.

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Battle of Stallupönen canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent German Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign East Prussian campaign of 1914 ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses several thousand total casualties ⓘ
commander Hermann von François ⓘ
Paul von Rennenkampf ⓘ
Yakov Zhilinskiy ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryAtTime German Empire ⓘ
date 17 August 1914 ⓘ
endDate 17 August 1914 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Gumbinnen ⓘ
Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
involvedUnit German Eighth Army ⓘ
Russian First Army ⓘ
location East Prussia ⓘ
Stallupönen ⓘ
month August 1914 ⓘ
notableFor being among the first clashes on the Eastern Front in World War I ⓘ
early engagement between German Eighth Army and Russian First Army ⓘ
outcome Russian advance repelled ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War I ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front
precededBy mobilization on the Eastern Front ⓘ
presentDayLocation Kaliningrad Oblast ⓘ
Nesterov ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
startDate 17 August 1914 ⓘ
strategy German pre‑emptive attack on advancing Russian forces ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front ⓘ
year 1914 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian invasion of East Prussia → hasPart → Battle of Stallupönen ⓘ
Russian First Army → participatedIn → Battle of Stallupönen ⓘ
Battle of Gumbinnen → precededBy → Battle of Stallupönen ⓘ