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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
Date26-28 August [O.S. 13-15 August] 1914
Location
Zolota Lypa, Austria-Hungary (modern day Ukraine
Result Russian victory[1]
Belligerents
 Austria-Hungary Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Rudolf von Brudermann Nikolai Ruzsky
Units involved
Austria-Hungary 3rd Army 3rd Army
Strength
160,000 men
482 guns[2]		 215,000 men
685 guns[3]
Casualties and losses
Heavy Heavy, but less than central powers[2]

Battle of the Zolota Lypa (Russian: Сражение на Золотой Липе) There was a meeting engagement between the 3rd Russian and 3rd Austrian armies, the cadre troops of both armies met, so the battle was very tense, both sides tried to carry out mutual flanking maneuver.[4]

However, the battle soon ended, the Russians were successfully able to defeat the Austrian 11th corps on the Bug, which forced the entire army to stand on the defensive, and then retreat.[5]

The main reason for the failure of the Austrian troops was that they decided to conduct offensive operations against almost twice the size of the enemy, it played a cruel joke on them.[6]

Aftermath

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The battle ended with the retreat of the Austrian troops, both sides suffered heavy losses, but the losses of the central powers were greater, as the 11th corps of the Russians defeated the 93rd Landsturmen brigade and captured 3,500 people, while losing 4,670 wounded and killed.[4]

Reference

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  1. ^ Nelipovich 2017, p. 37.
  2. ^ a b Zayonchkovski 2002, p. 201.
  3. ^ Zayonchkovski 2002, p. 200.
  4. ^ a b Oleynikov 2016, p. 56.
  5. ^ Встречное сражение 3-й русской и 3-й австро-венгерской армий на реке Золотая Липа Проект памяти Героев великой войны
  6. ^ Zayonchkovski 2002, p. 202.

Bibliography

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  • Zayonchkovski, Andrey (2002) [1929]. Первая Мировая Война [The First World War] (in Russian). St.Petersburg: Poligon. ISBN 5-89173-174-6.
  • Oleynikov, Alexei (2016). Россия-щит Антанты [Russia-Shield of Entente]. Foreword by Nikolai Starikov. St.Petersburg: Piter. ISBN 978-5-496-01795-4.
  • Nelipovich, Sergei (2017). Русский фронт Первой Мировой войны: потери сторон 1914 [The Russian Front of the First World War: the losses of the sides in 1914]. Moscow: Квадрига. ISBN 978-5-91791-238-7.
  • Проект Памяти Героев Великой войны 1914-1918 [The Project in Memory of the Heroes of the Great War of 1914-1918]
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