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BATTLE OF, a series of engagements of the first magnitude between the Russian and Austrian armies, beginning Sept. 8, 1914, and lasting eight days, taking its name from a small city in Galicia, inhabited chiefly by Jews. About 250,000 men on both sides were engaged during the first few days, added re-enforcements bringing the number up to fully 300,000 during the later phase of the fighting. de- The Austrians were disastrously defeated.