Battle of Zborov (1917)

Battle of Zborov
	Part of the Kerensky Offensive during the Eastern Front (World War I)
	; Czechoslovak legionnaries in the trenches
Date	1–2 July 1917
Location	Zborov, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)
Result	Czechoslovak and Russian victory
Belligerents
Czechoslovak Legions; Russian Republic	Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Vyacheslav Platonovich Troyanov	Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli; Arnold von Winckler
Strength
3,530	5,500
Casualties and losses
167 killed; 700 wounded; (17 fatally wounded); 11 missing	3,300 captured; (62 officers); 20 guns captured

The Battle of Zborov (Зборівська битва, Zborivska bytva in Ukrainian, Зборовское сражение in Russian, Schlacht bei Zborów in German, bitva u Zborova in Czech, bitka pri Zborove in Slovak) was a part of the Kerensky Offensive (the last Russian offensive in World War I, taking place in July 1917). The battle was the first significant action of the Czechoslovak Legions (volunteers fighting against the Central Powers) on the Eastern Front and the only successful engagement of the failed Russian offensive.

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