| Battle of Gnila Lipa | |||||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||||
 Photograph of a dead Austro-Hungarian soldier in a trench in the Zlata Gora area, Galicia | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russian Empire |
 Austria-Hungary | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Nikolai Ivanov Nikolai Ruzsky Aleksei Brusilov |
Rudolf von Brudermann Hermann von Kövess | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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III. Army VIII. Army |
III. Army Army Group Kövess | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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385,000+ men:[1] 336 infantry battalions 164 cavalry squadrons 1.214 guns |
322,000+ men:[1] 282 infantry battalions 133 cavalry squadrons 718 guns | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Light |
20,000 70 guns[2] | ||||||||
The Battle of Gnila Lipa took place in early World War I on 29–30 August 1914, when the Imperial Russian Army invaded Galicia and engaged the defending Austro-Hungarian Army. It was part of a larger series of battles known collectively as the Battle of Galicia. The battle ended in a defeat of the Austro-Hungarian forces.