Battle of Rafajlowa

Battle of Rafajlowa
Part of the Eastern Front during World War I
Field service for soldiers of the Polish Legions in Rafajlowa, 1915
Date 23–24 January 1915 Location Village of Rafajlowa , Austria-Hungary (present-day Ukraine) Result Austro-Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Austria-Hungary (Polish Legions)	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
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).