Battle of Ustechko (1916)

Battle of Ustechko
	Part of Eastern Front of World War I
	; Austrian map of the main defence point of the Ustechko bridgehead, 14 February 1916
Date	late January – 19 March 1916
Location	Ustechko, nowadays Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine48°46′59″N 25°35′14″E / 48.78306°N 25.58722°E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
German Empire; Austria-Hungary;	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Julius Planckh;	?
Units involved
7th Dragoon Regiment; 11th Dragoon Regiment;	9th Army;
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
c. 6,000 killed, wounded or captured;	Unknown killed; Unknown wounded or missing;

The Battle of Ustechko was a military engagement between troops of the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary. Taking place between January and March 1916, the battle was part of World War I. On 19 March, after a few months of pressure, Russians captured the enemy bridgehead over the Dnister river around the village of Ustechko, Ternopil Oblast, nowadays south-western Ukraine. Actions at Ustechko were coordinated with the start of Russian Lake Naroch offensive against German forces and also the final success of Russian attempt to break Austro-Hungarian lines in Bukovina, starting with their January 1916 offensive.