| Battle of Rafajlowa | |||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||
 Field service for soldiers of the Polish Legions in Rafajlowa, 1915 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Austria-Hungary(Polish Legions) |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Henryk Minkiewicz |
Zolotin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
4,000 men: 2 battalions (With Cossacks and artillery support) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5–40 | 400 | ||||||
The Battle of Rafajlowa took place in the night of January 23–24, 1915, during World War I. The 2nd Brigade, Polish Legions, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Army repelled a night raid of the Russian Imperial Army, which was aimed at blocking all passes through Gorgany mountain range in Eastern Carpathians. The battle took place in the village of Rafajlowa, Austrian Galicia (now the village is called Bystrytsia, and belongs to Ukraine).