Battle of the Zolota Lypa

{{Short description|First World War battle}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Battle of the Zolota Lypa

| partof = Battle of Galicia of the Eastern Front in the World War I

| image = File:Zayonchkovsky map17.djvu

| image_size = 300

| map_type =

| map_relief =

| caption = The battle on the Zolota and Gnyla Lypa rivers

| date = {{OldStyleDate|26–28 August|1914|13–15 August}}

| place = Zolota Lypa, Austria-Hungary (modern day Ukraine)

| coordinates =

| result = Russian victory{{sfn|Nelipovich|2017|p=37}}

| combatant1 = {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}

| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Russia_(1914-1917).svg}} Russian Empire

| commander1 = Rudolf von Brudermann

| commander2 = Nikolai Ruzsky

| strength1 = 160,000 men
482 guns{{sfn|Zayonchkovski|2002|p=201}}

| strength2 = 215,000 men
685 guns{{sfn|Zayonchkovski|2002|p=200}}

| units1 = {{flagicon|Austria-Hungary}} 3rd Army

| units2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Russia (1914-1917).svg}} 3rd Army

| casualties1 = Heavy

| casualties2 = Heavy, but less than central powers{{sfn|Zayonchkovski|2002|p=201}}

}}

{{Campaignbox Battle of Galicia (World War I)}}

{{Campaignbox Eastern Front (World War I)}}

Battle of the Zolota Lypa ({{langx|ru|Сражение на Золотой Липе}}) There was a meeting engagement between the 3rd Russian and 3rd Austrian armies, the cadre troops of both armies met, so the battle was very tense, both sides tried to carry out mutual flanking maneuver.{{sfn|Oleynikov|2016|p=56}}

However, the battle soon ended, the Russians were successfully able to defeat the Austrian 11th corps on the Bug, which forced the entire army to stand on the defensive, and then retreat.[https://gwar.mil.ru/events/11/ Встречное сражение 3-й русской и 3-й австро-венгерской армий на реке Золотая Липа] Проект памяти Героев великой войны

The main reason for the failure of the Austrian troops was that they decided to conduct offensive operations against almost twice the size of the enemy, it played a cruel joke on them.{{sfn|Zayonchkovski|2002|p=202}}