Battle of the Zolota Lypa

Battle of the Zolota Lypa
Part of Battle of Galicia of the Eastern Front in the World War I
The battle on the Zolota and Gnyla Lypa rivers
Date 26–28 August [O.S. 13–15 August] 1914 Location Zolota Lypa, Austria-Hungary (modern day Ukraine) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Austria-Hungary	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Rudolf von Brudermann	Nikolai Ruzsky
Units involved
3rd Army	3rd Army
Strength
160,000 men 482 guns	215,000 men 685 guns
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy, but less than central powers

Battle of the Zolota Lypa (Russian: Сражение на Золотой Липе) was a meeting engagement between the Russian 3rd and Austro-Hungarian 3rd armies, the cadre troops of both armies met, so the battle was very tense, both sides tried to carry out mutual flanking maneuver.

However, the battle soon ended, the Russians were successfully able to defeat the Austrian XI Corps on the Bug, which forced the entire army to stand on the defensive, and then retreat.

The main reason for the failure of the Austro-Hungarian troops was that they decided to conduct offensive operations against almost twice the size of the enemy, it played a cruel joke on them.

Aftermath

The battle ended with the retreat of the Austro-Hungarian troops, both sides suffered heavy losses, but the losses of the central powers were greater, as the Russian 11th Army Corps defeated the 93rd Landsturm Brigade and captured 3,500 people, while losing 4,670 wounded and killed.

References

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