Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kafa rundunar ta 3 a watan Agusta 1914 a matsayin wani ɓangare na tattarawar Austro-Hungary bayan da ta ayyana yaƙi da Serbia da Rasha, ta aiwatar da tsare-tsaren kafin yaƙin don kafa rundunonin soja shida. Kamar dai sauran rundunonin Austro-Hungarian, ya ƙunshi hedkwatar da wasu ƙungiyoyi, tare da wasu rukunin da ba a haɗa su ba. Sojoji na 3 da farko sun ƙunshi XI da XIV Corps, waɗanda ke zaune a Lemberg (Lviv na zamani, Ukraine), da Innsbruck, bi da bi. Bugu da ƙari akwai wasu ƙungiyoyi da aka haɗa kai tsaye ga hedkwatar sojojin. An sanya shi a ƙarƙashin babban umurnin "General der Kavallerie" Rudolf Ritter von Brudermann. A farkon yakin, rukunin ya shiga cikin Yakin Galicia a arewa maso gabashin yankin Dual Monarchy, inda ya kasance wani ɓangare na sojojin Austro-Hungary da ke ci gaba daga Lemberg zuwa wuraren da ke Kudu maso Yammacin Rasha. A ranar 25 ga Agusta, 1914, sun sami labarin sojojin Rasha da ke ci gaba kusa da kogin Zlota Lipa kuma an umurci rundunar soji ta 3 da su shiga tsakani
Ka yi haƙuri. An fara gwagwarmaya a ranar 26 ga watan Agusta, tare da abin da Austrians suka yi imani da ƙananan rukunin Rasha, amma sun kasance ƙungiyoyi takwas. Ba da daɗewa ba kafin a tilasta su su koma baya, suka isa Lemberg a ranar 27 ga Agusta. Kodayake rundunar soji ta 3 ta sami lokaci don samar da layin karewa kusa da kogin Gnila Lipa, sojojin Rasha da ke ci gaba sun fi karfin sojojin Bruderman uku zuwa daya kuma sun kore su a ranar 30 ga Agusta, kafin su kwace Lemberg kanta a farkon watan Satumba. Don haka layin Austro-Hungarian dole ne ya koma baya zuwa Carpathians, ya rasa yankin ƙasar da ke gabashin tsaunukan zuwa Rasha.