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Battle of Rawa

Battle of Rawa was a battle fought in 1914 at Rava-Ruska, in what is now Ukraine. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Rava-Ruska. It was part of the WWI Eastern Front, which ran from 1914 to 1918. The recorded result: Russian victory.

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Eastern Front to September 26, 1914
Eastern Front to September 26, 1914. Department of Military Art and Engineering, at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1914
WhereRava-Ruska, Ukraine50.250N, 23.617E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeRussian victory
BelligerentsRussian EmpireagainstAustria-Hungary
Casualties and losses60,000 casualtiesand350,000
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 Rawa, 1914
36 placed engagements of the WWI Eastern Front in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1914 (year precision)
to 1914
PlaceRava-Ruska, Ukraine
50.250N, 23.617E
KindBattle, First World War
Casualties and losses60,000 casualties350,000
Commanders
  • Rudolf von Brudermann
  • Moritz von Auffenberg
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Placed at Rava-Ruska; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: AUS 2ND, 3RD & 4TH ARMIESDefender: RUS 3RD, 5TH & 8TH ARMIES
Strength900,000936,000
Casualties180,000 (20.0%)82,000 (8.8%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1038
Outcomedefender won
Duration2 days
Front width160 km160 km
Attacker advanced8 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 285), 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 Rawa is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 301 in present-day Ukraine.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q695105, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Rawa, revision 1370587286, 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.