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Germany declared war on Russia.
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On 22 August the bulk of Samsonov's forces reached the extremities of the German line, fighting (and winning) small actions as it continued to advance into the German trap of encirclement.
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German troops entering the city of Ortelsburg during the battle of Tannenberg, August 1914.
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The Battle of Tannenberg was an engagement between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of World War I.
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The Battle of Tannenberg took place in August 1914 in Allenstein. The actual Tannenberg was about 30 kilometers to the west of the battle.
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The morning of the 26th opened with the First Russian Army advancing west towards Königsberg, meeting little resistance.
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Tannenberg was a crushing defeat for Russia, which lost almost an entire army, 400 guns, and other war matériel. The Germans, however, were unable to extend their tactical victory to the strategic level.
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On August 30th, the battle ended and the Germans defeated the Russians. 92,000 Russian troops had been captured, 78,000 killed or wounded, and only 10,000 escaped. The Germans however had less than 20,000 casualties and had captured 500 guns.
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The account of the German victory.
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The account of the Russian failure.
