The Battle of Limanowa was a battle fought between the Austro-Hungarian Army and the Imperial Russian Army in the Carpathian Mountains of southern Poland in December 1914 during World War I.
Following the Battle of Galicia, Radko Dimitriev's Russian 3rd Army's advance on Krakow stalled, leading to the Austro-Hungarian general Conrad von Hotzendorf arranging a counterattack. Josef Roth von Limanowa-Lapanow's Austro-Hungarian XIV Corps and the German 47th Reserve Infantry Division were assembled at Chabowka as Svetozar Boroevic's Austro-Hungarian 3rd Army prepared to take Bartfeld (Bardejov, Slovakia) and Neu Sandez (Nowy Sacz, Poland). On 3 December, Roth's corps reached Limanowa, and, while Roth sent three divisions to Neu Sandez, the Russians sent two corps to bolster their threatened southern flank. By 5 December, the Austro-Hungarian advance had halted, so Hotzendorf sent the Krakow garrison to counterattack against Dimitriev's forces, forcing Dimitriev to withdraw his corps from Krakow. On 7 December, the Russians attacked from Neu Sandez, but the Austro-Hungarians repelled their attacks and advanced to within 4 miles south of Neu Sandez. The arrival of the Austro-Hungarian IX Corps from Bartfeld forced the Russians to retreat to Zakliczyn, and Neu Sandez fell to the Austro-Hungarians on 12 December. The Russian threat to Krakow was eliminated, and the Russians were pushed back across the Carpathians. Limanowa was one of the final battles won unilaterally by the Austro-Hungarian Army.