2nd Manchurian Army (Russian Empire)

2nd Manchurian Army
Coat of arms of the Imperial Russian Army
active	September 1904 to September 1905
Country	Russian Empire
Armed forces	Imperial Russian Army
Type	army
Strength	about 82,000 men
Butcher	Russo-Japanese War Battle of the Shaho Battle of Sandepu Battle of Mukden
Supreme command
list of	Commander in chief

The 2nd Manchurian Army ( Russian 2-й Маньчжурская армия , 2-j Mantschurskaja armija ) was a large unit of the Imperial Russian Army . It was established in September 1904 and dissolved in September 1905.

history

After the lost battle of Liaoyang , Tsar Nicholas II decided that the Russian forces deployed in Manchuria should no longer be commanded by a single commander and therefore divided the Manchurian Army into the 1st , 2nd and 3rd Manchurian Army . In September 1904 the 2nd Manchurian Army was set up under the command of Lieutenant General Oskar Grippenberg . In mid-January 1905 it comprised 120 battalions , 92 squadrons , 412 field guns and 28 heavy guns and had a total strength of around 80,000 men. On February 12, 1905, General Alexander von Kaulbars took command of the army. She took part in the battles on Shao , Sandepu and Mukden .

After the end of the war, the 2nd Manchurian Army was disbanded in September 1905.

structure

• 1st Siberian Army Corps
  • 1st East Siberian Rifle Division
  • 9th East Siberian Rifle Division
• Composite rifle corps
  • 1st Rifle Brigade
  • 2nd Rifle Brigade
  • 5th Rifle Brigade
• 8th Army Corps
  • 14th Infantry Division
  • 15th Infantry Division
• 10th Army Corps
  • 9th Infantry Division
  • 31st Infantry Division

Commander in chief

	Surname	From	To
1.	General Oskar Kasimirowitsch Grippenberg	September 1904	February 12, 1905
2.	General Alexander Wassiljewitsch von Kaulbars	February 12, 1905	September 1905

literature

• Rotem Kowner : Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War . Scarecrow, 2006, ISBN 0-8108-4927-5 .

Web links

• Organization of the Russian Armies in Mandchuria, January 14, 1905 , English

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kowner, p. 221
2. ^ Kowner, p. 221
3. ↑ Alexei Nikolajewitsch Kuropatkin : The Russian army and the Japanese war, being historical and critical comments on the military policy and power of Russia and on the campaign in the Far East. Volume 2, EP Dutton and Company, New York 1909, p. 258 ( digitized ).
4. ↑ Kowner, p. 220