Landing at Cape Domesnes
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| conflict = Landing at Cape Domesnes
| partof = the Eastern front of World War I
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| date = {{OldStyleDate|22|1915|9 October}}
| place = Cape Kolka, Russian Empire (Now in Latvia)
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| result = Russian victory
| combatant1 = {{flagcountry|German Empire}}
| combatant2 = *{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Russia_(1914-1917).svg}} Russian Empire
- {{navy|Russian Empire|name=Imperial Navy}}
| commander1 = Unknown
| commander2 = {{flagdeco|Russian Empire|naval}} Alexander Kolchak
{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Russia_(1914-1917).svg}} {{ill|Pavel Shishko|ru|Шишко, Павел Оттонович}}
| strength1 = Unknown
| strength2 = 500{{sfn|Borisyuk|2024|p=112}}–536Флот в Первой Мировой войне V.1: Activities of Russian fleet. pp. 189-191
| casualties1 = 100{{sfn|Airapetov|2014|p=373}}{{efn|40{{sfn|Oleynikov|2021}} to 50{{sfn|Graf|1997|p=134}} killed and captured}}
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| casualties2 = 4 wounded
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Landing at Cape Domesnes ({{langx|ru|Высадка в порту Домеснес}}; {{langx|de|Landung im Hafen von Domesnes}}) was a Russian landing operation during World War I. It was the largest Russian landing force in the war, and, as a result, the Russians fulfilled their goals. Alexander Kolchak, famous for the Civil War, participated in the battle.
Background
{{main|Battle of the Gulf of Riga}}
During the great retreat, German ground forces reached the coast of the Gulf of Riga. In order to capture Riga, they tried to establish dominance in the strait, but suffered a crushing defeat and were forced to retreat. Now the Russian fleet dominated the strait, and some operations were carried out to help the ground forces.
Battle
The operation began at dawn with the bombing, the Germans position, they did not betray this importance, which had a decisive influence on the course of the battle. The Germans did not know about the landing, which allowed the troops who landed to restore order and establish command of the troops. On the way to the enemy's fortifications, the Russians met a German company and stabbed the whole with bayonets. After that, the Russians reached the fortifications and destroyed several forts, and as soon as the main German forces approached, they immediately evacuated.{{sfn|Graf|1997|p=133-134}}
==Aftermath==
As a result, panic was sown in the German rear, which allowed us to gain time for the defense of Riga. This is the largest landing of Russians during the World War.{{sfn|Klaving|2003|p=627-629}}
Reference
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |last=Graf |first=Gerald |lang=ru |script-title=ru:На «Новике». Балтийский флот в войну и революцию |trans-title=On the Novik. The Baltic Fleet in the war and Revolution |publisher=Гангут | year =1997 | isbn = 5-85875-106-7}}
- {{cite book |last=Klaving |first=Valeri |lang=ru |script-title=ru:Гражданская война в России: Белые армии |trans-title=The Russian Civil War: White armies |publisher=AST | year =2003 | isbn = 5-17-019260-6}}
- {{cite web |last=Oleynikov |first=Alexei |author-link=Alexei Oleynikov |lang=ru |script-title= ru:Русский флот в Первой мировой и его боевая эффективность. 1915 год - Балтика |trans-title=The Russian Fleet in the First World War and its combat effectiveness. 1915 - The Baltic Sea |url= https://btgv.ru/arms/russian-fleet-in-the-first-world-war-and-its-combat-effectiveness-ch-2-1915-baltic/ |year=2021 |publisher=Битва Гвардий }}
- {{cite book |last=Borisyuk |first=Andrey |lang=ru |script-title=ru:Забытая война. Россия в 1914-1918 |trans-title=The forgotten war. Russia in 1914-1918 |date=2024 |place=Moscow |publisher=Вече |isbn=978-5-4484-5078-5 }}
- {{cite book |last=Airapetov |first=Oleg |lang=ru |script-title=ru:Участие Российской империи в Первой Мировой Войне: 1915 |trans-title=Participation of the Russian Empire in the First World War: 1915 |publisher=Кучуково поле |date=2014 |isbn=978-5-9950-0420-2 |place=Moscow |chapter=Стабилизация фронта: Виленская операция и Свенцянский прорыв |trans-chapter=Stabilization of the front: the Vilna operation and the Sventsyan breakthrough }}
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Category:Baltic Sea operations of World War I
Category:Naval battles of World War I involving Russia
Category:Naval battles of World War I involving Germany
Category:1915 in the Russian Empire
Category:October 1915 in Europe