Battle of Rawa

Battle of Rawa
	Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
	; Eastern Front, September 1914.
Date	September 3–11, 1914
Location	Near Rava-Ruska, Austrian Poland (present-day Ukraine)
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Pavel Plehve; Nikolai Ruzsky	Rudolf von Brudermann; Moritz von Auffenberg
Units involved
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.

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