| Conflict: | Battle of Byteń |
| Place: | Byteń, modern day Belarus |
| Date: | 23rd February-1st March 1919 |
| Partof: | Polish-Soviet War |
| Result: | Soviet victory |
| Commander1: | gen. Antoni Listowski mjr. Władysław Dąbrowski por. Edward Kaczkowski kpt. Piotr Mieniecki |
| Commander2: | Roman Łągwa |
| Width: | 315px |
| Units1: | mjr. Władysław Dąbrowski's branch 1st Wilno Batallion 2nd Lida Batallion Armored train "Kaniów" |
| Units2: | 52nd Rifle Division Revolutionary Red Warsaw Regiment 6th Grodno Revolutionary Regiment |
| Strength1: | 750 soldiers |
| Strength2: | Unknown |
| Casualties1: | 10 dead, many POWs |
| Casualties2: | Unknown |
The Battle of Byteń was a battle between the Second Polish Republic against the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic during the initial period of the Polish–Soviet War. It ended in a Soviet victory.
In the last months of 1918 and in the first months of 1919, on the eastern borders of the new Second Polish Republic were stationed German Ober Ost troops. Their evacuation caused that the areas they left from the east were occupied by the Red Army. At the same time, units of the new Polish Armed Forces[1] were approaching from the west. In February 1919, Polish divisions came into combat contact with Red Army units. The unexpected Polish–Soviet War begun.[2] During this period, Polish troops conducted limited offensive operations.[3]
On the 23rd of February 1919 gen. Antoni Listowski ordered mjr. 's branch to attack .[4] Numbering about 750 soldiers, composed out of the 1st Wilno Batallion, 2nd Lida Batallion and the cavalry division, supported by the armored train "Kaniów" had already captured Zarzecze on the first day of the fight, after which they intensified their attack with the Lida batallion, attacking the town. The cavalry went around from the north to prevent the enemy army from escaping. From the south the attack was supported by the armored train.[5] After taking over Byteń on the 24th of February, both batallions went to Pruzhany.[6]
On the 1st of March Soviet troops of the and a batallion of the composed mostly of Polish communists attacked . Meanwhile, the Polish crew of (which was a unit of the consisting of around 120 soldiers) was stationed there. The first attack was repelled, but when one of the machine guns was damaged, the enemy broke into the town. Ten Polish soldiers died and many were taken prisoner. The next day the Poles responded with a counterattack, but were repelled, suffering heavy losses.[7] was recaptured in April during the Polish offensive in Belarus.link=https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:A.Przybylski_-_szkic_nr_4.jpg|thumb|301x301px|Adam Przybylski,Polish War 1918–1921