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Battle of Komarów

Battle of Komarów was a battle fought on 26 August 1914 at Zamość, in what is now Poland; it lasted 7 days. It was part of the WWI Eastern Front, which ran from 1914 to 1918. The recorded result: Austro-Hungarian victory. Recorded strength: 250,000 men, 474 or 456 guns against 147,000 men, 304 machine gun, and 516 or 456 guns.

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Plate 16. Tomaševski battle (Battle of Komarów in English) between 28-31 August (1914).
Plate 16. Tomaševski battle (Battle of Komarów in English) between 28-31 August (1914).. Андрей Медардович Зайончковский / Andrey Medardovich Zayonchkovsky (1862-1926), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought26 August 1914lasted 7 days
WhereZamość, Poland50.450N, 23.417E
OutcomeAustro-Hungarian victory
BelligerentsAustria-HungaryagainstRussian Empire
Part ofWWI Eastern Front1914 to 1918

Where it sits in the WWI Eastern Front

Battle of Łódź, 1914Russian invasion of East Prussia, 1914Battle of Kraśnik, 1914Battle of Rawa, 1914Battle of Krzywopłoty, 1914Battle of Bzurą 1914, 1914Battle of Stallupönen, 1914Battle of Gumbinnen, 1914Battle of Komarów, 1914Battle of Gnila Lipa, 1914Battle of Augustów, 1914Battle of Kraków (1914), 1914Battle of Limanowa, 1914Carpathian Front, 1914second battle of Krakow, 1914Battle of Bolimów, 1915Battles of Przasnysz, 1915Battle of Konary, 1915Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, 1915Narew Offensive, 1915Siege of Novogeorgievsk, 1915Siege of Kovno, 1915Sventiany Offensive, 1915Battle of Ustechko (1916), 1916Brusilov Offensive, 1916Second Battle of Ķekava, 1916Baranovichi Offensive, 1916Kerensky Offensive, 1917Battle of Toboly, 1917Battle of Zborov, 1917Battle of Riga, 1917Battle of Jugla, 1917Battle of Moon Sound, 1917Battle of Rarańcza, 1918Battle of Bakhmach, 1918Battle of Kaniów, 191819141918Battle of Komarów, 1914
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Record

Date26 August 1914
to 2 September 1914
PlaceZamość, Poland
50.450N, 23.417E
KindBattle, First World War
Strength250,000 men, 474 or 456 guns147,000 men, 304 machine gun, and 516 or 456 guns
Casualties and losses40,000 casualties; 20,000 killed and wounded; 20,000 captured30,000–40,000 casualties; 20,000–26 000 killed and wounded; 10,000 prisoners and 150 guns captured
Commanders
Battle of KomarówBattle of KomarówBattle of Tomaszów LubelskiBattle of KrasnobródBattle of KrasnobródBattle of KrasnobródBattle of KomarówBattle of Tomaszów LubelskiBattle of KrasnobródBattle of KomarówLvivLublinRzeszówTernopilLutskKovelDrohobych100 km50.450N, 23.417E
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: AUS 4TH ARMY(+)Defender: RUS 5TH ARMY
Strength300,000260,000
Casualties40,000 (13.3%)90,000 (34.6%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1053
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width72 km72 km
Attacker advanced10 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 283), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Komarów is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q248712, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Komarów (1914), revision 1370445873, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.