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| Battle of Berestechko | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Brusilov offensive during Eastern Front | |||||||
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Berestechko1916.jpg) Descriptions of the fighting in the Berestechko area, compiled in the USSR, 1926 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |
 Austria-Hungary German Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Vladislav Klembovsky | Paul Puhallo von Brlog | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200,000 | 85,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 30,000 casualties | Total casualties unknown; 27,000 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Berestechko was a Russian offensive on Berestechko and the districts along the Styr river took place 7–8 July 1916 during Brusilov offensive. Russians won the battle, successfully crossing the river, take city and captured a large number of prisoners, although with significant losses for the Russian 11th Army.[1]
On the Russian side there were 200,000 against 85,000 soldiers of the armies of the central powers, who, with the exception of one division, were Austrians. The Russians lost 30,000, but took 27,000 prisoners.[2]
- ^ Oleynikov, Alexei (10 January 2025). Битва за Волынь в июле 1916 г.: 11-я армия против германских и австрийских войск в сражении у Берестечко [Battle of Volhynia in July 1916: 11th Army against German and Austrian troops in the Battle of Berestechko]. Bitva gvardiy (in Russian).
- ^ Nelipovich, Sergei G. (2006). Брусиловский прорыв: наступление юго-западного фронта в кампанию 1916 г. [The Brusilov breakthrough: the offensive of the Southwestern Front in the 1916 campaign] (in Russian). Moscow: Цейхгауз. p. 23. ISBN 5-9771-0009-4.