3rd Brigade, Polish Legions
Brigade III of the Polish Legions was a unit of the Austro-Hungarian Army, manned by Austrian-Poles. It fought in the first battle of the Eastern Front in WWI: Battle of Jastków. It was formed in 1915, and existed until 1917, and was a part of the Polish Legions in World War I.
History
The Third Brigade was formed on 8 May 1915, as part of the Polish Legions in World War I.The Brigade commanders included: Zygmunt Zieliński, Wiktor Grzesicki, Stanisław Szeptycki, and Bolesław Roja.
In 1917 the III Brigade together with the I Brigade followed Józef Piłsudski during the Oath crisis, refusing to swear the oath, and was disbanded.