Battle of Kraśnik

Battle of Kraśnik
	Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
	; Front side of Open Letter (Carte Postale) issued in c. 1914 with view of attack of Austro-Hungarian dragoons on Russian infantry at Krasnik (August 1914)
Date	August 23–25, 1914
Location	Kraśnik, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (present-day Poland)
Result	Austro-Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Austria-Hungary	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Conrad von Hötzendorf; Viktor Dankl	Nikolai Ivanov; Anton Zaltsa
Units involved
I. Army	IV. Army
Strength
144 infantry battalions; 71 cavalry squadrons; 354 guns	104 infantry battalions; 100 cavalry squadrons; 350 guns
Casualties and losses
15,000	25,000; Including 6,000 POW; 28 guns

The Battle of Kraśnik started on August 23, 1914, in the province of Galicia and the adjacent areas across the border in the Russian Empire, in northern Austria (in present-day Poland), and ended two days later. The Austro-Hungarian First Army defeated the Russian Fourth Army. It was the first victory by Austria-Hungary in World War I. As a result, the First Army's commander, General Viktor Dankl, was (briefly) lauded as a national hero for his success. The battle was also the first of a series of engagements between Austria-Hungary and Russia all along the Galicia front.

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