Battle of Rawa

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Battle of Rawa
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
Eastern Front, September 1914.
Date September 3–11, 1914 Location Near Rava-Ruska, Austrian Poland (present-day Ukraine) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Pavel Plehve Nikolai Ruzsky	Rudolf von Brudermann Moritz von Auffenberg
Units involved
Third Army Fifth Army	Third Army Fourth Army
Casualties and losses
60,000 casualties	350,000[1]

Battle of Rawa (also written as -Rava, -Rawa-Ruska, -Rava-Ruska, or -Rava-Russka) was an early stage World War I battle between Austria-Hungary and Russia, from 3-11 September, 1914. The Russian armies had defeated their opponents and pushed them back to the Carpathian Mountains. The battle was part of the series of engagements known as Battle of Galicia.