Russian and German Losses
by Richard Freimark
All told, the campaign cost the Russians in excess of 300,000 casualties, all from the regular army. The Germans lost less than a sixth of that number, both in regular and reserve formations. Gumbinnen
Germans: 95,000 infantry, 11,000 cavalry engaged. 16,000 casualties Tannenburg
Germans: 140,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry engaged. 13,000 casualties Mansurian Lakes
Germans: 175,000 infantry, 15,000 cavalry engaged. 10,000 caualties More Anatomy of a Failure
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