Battle of Krupczyce
Part of the Kościuszko Uprising

Fighting for a river crossing
Aleksander Orłowski
Date17 September 1794 (6th O.S.)
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Russia Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Suvorov
Fyodor Buksgevden
Ivan Isaev
Georgy Shevich
Pyotr Islenyev
Karol Sierakowski
Stanisław Kosmowski
Strength
12,000 men,
39 cannons[1]
4,000 men,
26 cannons[1]
Casualties and losses
325–700[2] ~3,000[2]

The Battle of Krupczyce was a battle between the Russian Empire's armed forces under the command of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov and Kościuszko's Polish rebels under Karol Józef Sierakowski east of Brest (near the Krupczyce Abbey), present-day Belarus, on September 17, 1794. It was part of the Kościuszko Uprising and ended with the defeat of the rebels.

Refs

  1. 1 2 Herbst
  2. 1 2 Petrushevsky

Sources

  • Petrushevsky, Alexander (1884). Generalissimo Prince Suvorov (in Russian). Vol. 2 (1st ed.). St. Petersburg: Типография М. М. Стасюлевича. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  • Herbst, Stanisław (1983). Z dziejów wojskowych powstania kościuszkowskiego 1794 roku. Warsaw.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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