The Battle of Zhydachiv was a battle of World War I which occurred on 28 August 1914 during the Battle of Galicia. The Imperial Russian Army launched an offensive against the Austro-Hungarian Army in the sector of Gnila Lipa, and the Lithuanian Guard Infantry, the 115th Vyazma Infantry Regiment, 27th Vitebsk Infantry Regiment, 31st Alexopol Infantry Regiment, 142nd Zvenigorod Infantry Regiment, 99th Ivangorod Infantry Regiment, 22nd Nizhnii-Novgorod Infantry Regiment, and the 4th Graf Platov's Don Cossack Regiment launched an attack on the Austro-Hungarian forces at Zhydachiv. In the ensuing offensive, the Russians initially held the upper hand, advancing through the forests until they came up against well-fortified Austro-Hungarian positions. The Austro-Hungarians held the Russians back at a bridge near a Ukrainian Greek Catholic monastery and at a row of trenches, and the Austro-Hungarians later mounted a counterattack which resulted in the capture of a derailed armored train at the center of the battlefield. This event turned the tide of the battle, and the Austro-Hungarians launched failed assaults of their own before being turned back with considerable losses. Ultimately, the Russians withdrew, conceding the field to the Austro-Hungarians, but the Austro-Hungarians were later forced to withdraw to avoid encirclement during the Battle of Gnila Lipa.
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