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Battle of Virbalis
Part of the Eastern Front of World War I
Date 15 August [O.S. 2 August] 1914 Location Virbalis, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Granikov Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski	Unknown
Units involved
Volga 109th Infantry Regiment [ru]	Unknown
Strength
2,500	10,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy[a]

Battle of Virbalis (Russian: Битва у Вержболово), was one of the largest battles of the first 16 days of the World War I, during which the parties were preparing to conduct full-scale operations.^[2]

10,000 German troops attacked 2,500 Russians on the station,^{[3][dubious – discuss]} the Germans wanted to destroy the train station to slow down the mobilization of the Russians, but they could not take it and had to retreat.^[4] It is the first battle of the World War 1 Eastern Front.