Battle of Komarów (1914)

Battle of Komarow
	Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
	; Austrian infantry storm Russian trenches in the battle of Komarów (C. Pippich)
Date	26 August – 2 September 1914
Location	Komarów and Zamość, Russian Poland
Result	Austro-Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Austria-Hungary	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Moritz von Auffenberg; Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf; Blasius von Schemua	Pavel Plehve; Aleksei Evert
Units involved
IV. Army	V. Army
Strength
250,000 men, 474 or 456 guns	147,000 men, 304 machine gun, and 516 or 456 guns
Casualties and losses
40,000 casualties 20,000 killed and wounded; 20,000 captured;	30,000–40,000 casualties 20,000–26 000 killed and wounded; 10,000 prisoners and 150 guns captured;

The Battle of Komarow (known in Russia as the Battle of Tomaszów) was a battle on the Eastern Front during World War I. It would prove a victory for the Austro-Hungarian forces, but one they would not be able to reproduce in the coming months of the war.