Battle of Rawa
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Battle of Rawa | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||
Eastern Front, September 1914. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russian Empire | Austria-Hungary | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Rudolf von Brudermann Moritz von Auffenberg | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Third Army Fifth Army |
Fourth Army | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
60,000 casualties | 350,000[1] |
Battle of Rawa (also written as -Rava, -Rawa-Ruska, -Rava-Ruska, or -Rava-Russka) was an early stage
Background
According to
Battle
On 8 September, fighting continued along Auffenberg's front, as the Austro-Hungarian Fourth Army was in danger of being surrounded. Outnumbered two to one, the Austro-Hungarians continued to resist Russian advances, especially along Auffenberg's exposed northern flank. Joseph Ferdinand had only one division to block Plehve's Russian V and XVII Corps, advancing from Komarów. On 9 September, Auffenberg started his retreat westwards towards the
Aftermath
The Austro-Hungarian armies did not stop at the River San, instead retreating to the Dunajec and Biala Rivers, abandoning the Przemyśl Fortress to a Russian siege. On 29 September, Auffenberg received a letter from Archduke Frederick stating, "...I call upon you to give to your Fatherland the greatest sacrifice that a soldier can be asked to make, that is, to report sick and to resign the command of the Fourth Army."[2]: 274–275
Rosa Zenoch
Rosa Zenoch, sometimes spelled Zennoch or Hennoch,[3] was an Austro-Hungarian girl, also known as "heroic girl of Rawaruska" ("das Heldenmächen von Rawaruska"), who is known for being injusted in the Battle of Rawa. According to contemporary accounts saying that Zenoch was 12 years old she can be deduced to have been born around 1902. She was said to be daughter of a farmer in the village Byala in Rawa Ruska. Apparently her real name however was Rebekka Henoch.[4] She had at least three siblings ,one of them a brother who was enlisted in the army and stationed[5] at Przemyśl Fortress
During the battle, Zenoch voluntarily brought water to wounded soldiers on the battlefield.[6] After being injured, she was brought to Vienna accompanied by her mother , where her left leg had to be amputated. According to the historical narrative, Emperor Franz Joseph as well as other members of the Habsburg family visited her in the hospital and the emperor promised to pay for her prosthesic foot and gifted her a golden chain.[4][7] Her mother was also gifted 1000 krona.[4]
In historic photographs, she can be seen bearing the Decoration for Services to the Red Cross. It is unknown what happened to her after World War 1.[8][9][10]
References
- ^ Мировая война в цифрах. — М.: Военгиз
- ^ ISBN 9781472813183.
- ISBN 978-0-521-83124-6.
- ^ a b c Das Jüdische Echo: Mitteilungen der Zionistischen Vereine Bayerns (in German). Der Verein. 1914.
- ^ "ANNO, Neues Wiener Tagblatt (Tages-Ausgabe), 1915-03-07, Seite 13". anno.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "Rosa Zenoch - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine". collections.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ISBN 978-0-521-83124-6.
- ^ "Dem Heldenmädchen Rosa Zenoch.Dem Heldenmädchen Rosa Zenoch". www.digital.wienbibliothek.at (in German). 1914. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ Tamerl, Gerlinde (2018-02-26). "Die Nächstenliebe ist stärker als der Krieg". Tiroler Tageszeitung Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ Zuerich, ETH-Bibliothek. "Aus einer Ansprache bei der Trauung eines gehörlosen Ehepaares/ Kriegsbilder aus alter und neuer Zeit". E-Periodica (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
Additional reading
- Nicholas Golovin. "The Great Battle of Galicia, 1914: a Study in Strategy". Slavonic Review, vol. 5, 1926–27. (online: The Great Battle of Galicia - A study in strategy )
- Map of the Battle of Rawa
- Rickard, J. (23 February 2001), Battle of Rava Ruska, 3-11 September 1914