Battle of Lipniszki

Battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Battle of Lipniszki
Part of the Kościuszko Uprising

Leonty Leontyevich Bennigsen
DateMay 27, 1794[a]
Location
Lipniszki [be], Grand Duchy of Lithuania (today Belarus)
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Russian Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Leonty Bennigsen Jakub Jasiński
Antoni Chlewiński
Strength

4,400

18 cannons		 >5,000 soldiers & artillery
Casualties and losses
~150 ~200
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Kościuszko Uprising
  • Racławice
  • Warsaw Uprising
  • Vilnius Uprising
  • Lipniszki
  • Greater Poland Uprising
  • Szczekociny
  • Chełm
  • Rajgród
  • Błonie
  • First Warsaw
  • Krupczyce
  • Terespol
  • Maciejowice
  • Kobyłka
  • Praga (Second Battle of Warsaw)

The Battle of Lipniszki took place on 27 May 1794 (Old Style: 16 May) during the Polish uprising led by Tadeusz Kościuszko. The battle ended in a Russian victory under the leadership of Bennigsen, who fought in it against the divisions of Jasiński and Chlewiński.

Notes

  1. ^ O.S. 16 May

Bibliography

  • Andrzej Grabski, Jan Wimmer, et al. (1966). Zarys dziejów wojskowości polskiej do roku 1864. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
  • Marian Kukiel (1993). Zarys historii wojskowości w Polsce. London: Puls. ISBN 0907587992.
  • Andrzej Zahorski (1960). Wypisy źródłowe do historii polskiej sztuki wojennej. Polska sztuka wojenna w okresie powstania kościuszkowskiego. Vol. 10. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej.
  • Bolesław Twardowski (1894). Wojsko Polskie Kościuszki w roku 1794. Poznań: Księgarnia Katolicka.
  • Mała Encyklopedia Wojskowa. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1967.
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