The first battle of Krasnik started on August 23rd, 1914 in the province of Galicia, in northern Austria, and ended two days later on the 25th. The Austro-Hungarian First Army defeated the Russian Fourth Army. It was the first victory by Austria-Hungary in the First Word War. As a result the First Army's commander, Viktor Dankl, was (briefly) lauded as a national hero for his success. The battle also saw the advancement of Carl Gustaf Mannerheim's career. The future Finnish commander served with the Russian Fourth Army at Krasnik and was awarded with the Sword of St. George. There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia (Spain) in Western Europe, an Atlantic Ocean region. ... The Austro-Hungarian First Army was an Austro-Hungarian field army that fought during World War I. The First Army was formed in 1914 as part of Austro-Hungarian mobilization following its declaration of war on Serbia and Russia. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and... C.G.E. Mannerheim The famous Mannerheims equestrian statue by the Mannerheim road in downtown Helsinki, the capital of Finland Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (June 4, 1867 – January 28, 1951) was the reputed Commander-in-Chief of Finlands Defence Forces, Marshal of Finland, an astute politician...