Battle of Rawa
| Battle of Rawa | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||
Eastern Front, September 1914 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire | Austria-Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Pavel Plehve Nikolai Ruzsky |
Rudolf von Brudermann Moritz von Auffenberg | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Third Army Fifth Army |
Third Army Fourth Army | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 60,000 casualties | 350,000 | ||||||
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.