Dunajetz, Battles of

In World War I, ongoing series of battles between Austro-German and Russian forces April–May 1915. Although the Austro-Germans made some gains at the expense of the Russians and captured upward of 100,000 prisoners, they were unable to bring the Russians to a decisive battle.

The Russians held a line on the Dunajetz River against a large German force assembled for an attack on Galicia April 1915. The Austrians broke the Russian line in the Gorlitz area to the south of the river in early May and although the Dunajetz sector initially held strong, they were eventually forced to fall back because of the Russian collapse in the south. The Austrians and Germans advanced along the entire front for the next two weeks until the Russians halted them at a line on the San River.