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
1st Army	4th 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 (German: Schlacht von 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 1st Army defeated the Russian 4th Army. It was the first victory by Austria-Hungary in World War I. As a result, the 1st 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.