Siege of Przemyśl

Siege of Przemyśl
	Part of the Eastern Front of World War I
	; Establishment of Russian power in Przemysl
Date	16 September 1914 – 22 March 1915; (6 months and 6 days)
Location	Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary (present-day Poland) 49°47′N 22°46′E / 49.783°N 22.767°E
Result	Russian victory Full results First Siege: Austro-Hungarian victory; Second siege: Russian victory;
Belligerents
Austria-Hungary	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Hermann Kusmanek ; Svetozar Boroević	Radko Dimitriev; Andrei Selivanov
Units involved
Przemyśl fortress garrison	3rd Army; 11th Army
Strength
138,000 men:; 93,000 soldiers; 45,000 impressed levy	300,000 men
Casualties and losses
137,000; 20,000 dead; 120,000 captured (including wounded); 700 artillery pieces; 9 generals captured	115,000 total casualties (20,000–40,000 casualties were sustained in the first few days of the siege.)

The Siege of Przemyśl was the longest siege in Europe during the First World War, and the second largest in the entire conflict, after the Siege of Medina. The siege was a crushing defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Army by the Russian Army. Przemyśl was a fortress-town and stronghold on the River San in what is now southeastern Poland. The investment of Przemyśl began on 16 September 1914 and was briefly suspended on 11 October, due to an Austro-Hungarian offensive. The siege resumed on 9 November and the Austro-Hungarian garrison surrendered on 22 March 1915, after holding out for a total of 133 days. The siege has been referred to as "Austria-Hungary's Stalingrad".