First Battle of Lemberg
Part of the Eastern Front of World War I
Date 26 August-11 September 1914 Location Lwów, Galicia, modern-day Ukraine Result Russian victory
Combatants
Russian Empire	Austria-Hungary
Commanders
Nikolai Ivanov	Conrad von Hötzendorf
Strength
1,200,000	1,000,000
Casualties
255,000	300,000 casualties, 130,000 POW

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Background

With the Russians defeated in East Prussia, Austro-Hungarian commander Conrad von Hötzendorf decided to launch an offensive into Galicia before Russian numerical advantage became too great. Nikolai Ivanov, the Russian commander of the Southwest Front, was expecting an Austro-Hungarian offensive near the fortress of Lemberg. He brought up two Russian armies from the south and two more armies would strike from the north. East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, or Count Francis Conrad von Hötzendorf. ... Galicia (Ukrainian: , Polish: , Russian: , German: , Hungarian: , Czech: , Yiddish: , Turkish: , Romanian: ) is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine. ... Nikolai Ivanov Nikolai Judovich Ivanov (1851 — 1919) was a Russian commander and counter-revolutionary. ... Lviv ( Львів in Ukrainian; Львов, Lvov in Russian; Lwów in Polish; Leopolis in Latin; Lemberg in German—see also cities alternative names) is a city in western Ukraine with 830,000 inhabitants (an additional 200,000 commute daily from...

The battle

Northern Front

The Austro-Hungarian First Army under Viktor Dankl was moving in the north towards Brest-Litovsk to cut the Warsaw-Kiev Railroad. Dankl struck and drove back Baron Salza's Russian Fourth Army in what would be known as the Battle of Krasnik. To the right of Dankl the Austrian Fourth Army drove back the Russian Fifth Army under Pavel Plehve. 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. ... Viktor Dankl Viktor Dankl (or Viktor Graf Dankl von Krasnik) was a highly decorated career Austro-Hungarian officer that reached the pinnacle of his service during World War I, winning his countrys hightest military honor, the Commanders Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order, specificaly for his actions at... Brest (Belarusian: , Russian: , Polish: ; Alternative names), formerly Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk, is a city (population 290,000 in 2004) in Belarus close to the Polish border where the Western Bug and Mukhavets Rivers meet. ... 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. ...

Southern Front

As the Russians were being driven back along the northern front the Austrian Army Group Kovess made a simultaneous advance against Ivanov's left wing. Along the southern front Ivanov had the Russian Third Army under Nikolai Ruzsky and the Russian Eighth Army under the capable Aleksei Brusilov. Brusilov and Ruszky routed the Austro-Hungarians so thoroughly that even though poor roads necessitated that the Russians halt for two days, the Austrians could not regroup to halt the Russian drive. This attack became known as the Battle of Gnila Lipa. Nikolai Ruzsky (March 6, 1854 - October 18, 1918 in Pyatigorsk, Russian: Николай Владимирович Рузский) was a Russian general of World War I. Short biography Categories: | | | ... General Brusilov at 64 (1917) Aleksei Alekseevich Brusilov (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Брусилов) (August 19, 1853 - March 17, 1926) was a Russian cavalry general most noted for the development of a military offensive tactic used in the Brusilov offensive of 1916. ...

Lemberg

With the entire Kovess Group in full retreat, Conrad pulled forces away from northern front which he believed had been sufficiently defeated. In fact the Russians north of Lemberg were still a potential threat. Ivanov ordered Plehve's Fifth Army to attack and drove the Austrians back as they began to shift forces to the south in an engagement known as the Battle of Rava Ruska. The Austrian Second Army was quickly recalled from Serbia but it was too late and the entire Austrian front collapsed in Galicia and the Russians took control of Lemberg. Battle of Rawa (also written as -Rava, -Rawa-Ruska or -Rava-Ruska) was an early stage World War I battle between Austria-Hungary and Russia, between September 3-11, 1914. ... Anthem: Bože Pravde [[Image:|250px|center|Location of the Kingdom of Serbia]] Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Serbian Government Monarchy  - King Milan (1882-1889)  - King Aleksandar (1889-1903)  - King Peter I (1903-1918) Proclamation March 6, 1882 Area  - Total  km² ([[List of countries and outlying territories by area|]])  sq...

Results

As the Austrians retreated many Slavic soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian Army simply surrendered and some even offered to fight for the Russians. A total of some 130,000 prisoners were taken by the Russians by the time the battle subsided on September 11, while they inflicted 300,000 casualties. The Russians had pushed the front 100 miles into the Carpathian Mountains and left the Austrian fortress of Przemyśl completely surrounded and a siege of the city lasted for over a hundred days. The battle decimated the Austro-Hungarian Army, destroyed a large portion of its trained officers, and crippled Austria. Though the Russians had been utterly crushed at the Battle of Tannenberg, their victory at Lemberg prevented that debacle from fully taking its toll on Russian public opinion. The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Satellite image of the Carpathians. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

See also

Siege of Przemyśl Combatants Russia Austria-Hungary Commanders Radko Dmitriev Andrei N. Selivanov Hermann Kusmanek Strength 300,000 PrzemyÅ›l Garrison (126,000) Casualties (40,000 casualties were sustained in the first few days of the siege) at least 16,000 dead, the remaining 110,000 surrendered The Siege of PrzemyÅ›l was...

Source

• Tuchman, Barbara, The Guns of August (1962)
• Tucker, Spencer, The Great War: 1914-18 (1998)