Battle of Buchach | |||||||
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Part of Polish-Ukrainian war and Chortkiv offensive | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
West Ukrainian People's Republic | Poland | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yevhen Petrushevych | Józef Haller | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | lots of POWs, several machine guns captured |
Battle of Buchach (Ukrainian: Битва за Бучач) was a battle fought between the Ukrainian Galician Army under the leadership of general Oleksander Hrekov and Polish forces during the Chortkiv offensive and Polish-Ukrainian war which lasted from 10 to 11 june 1919. Ukrainian forces managed to liberate Buchach and Monastyrysk, while the Polish army retreated to Ternopil.[1]