Battle of Toboly

Battle of Toboly
Part of Eastern Front of World War I
German map of the storming of the Toboly bridgehead (1921)
Date 3 April 1917 Location Toboly, nowdays Volynska Oblast, Ukraine 51°35′01″N 25°20′41″E / 51.58361°N 25.34472°E / 51.58361; 25.34472 Result Central Powers victory
Belligerents
German Empire  Austria-Hungary	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Georg Bruchmüller Prince Leopold of Bavaria Albano von Jacobi Leopold Freiherr von Hauer	?
Units involved
1st Landwehr Division 86th Infantry Division 91st Infantry Division 26th Landwehr Division	27th Infantry Division 73rd Infantry Division 5th Rifle Division
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown killed Unknown wounded or missing	c. 400 killed c. 3,000–9,500 captured Unknown wounded or missing

The Battle of Toboly was a military engagement between the joint armies of Austria-Hungary and German Empire against the forces of Russian Empire in April 1917. In a rapid attack Central Powers troops were able to capture the enemy bridgehead over the Stochod river around the villages of Toboly and Helenin, Volynska Oblast, nowadays north-western Ukraine. Action also showed a successful strategy of coordination of infantry and artillery implemented by German general Georg Bruchmüller.