Battle of Krupczyce explained

Conflict:Battle of Krupczyce
Partof:the Kościuszko Uprising
Date:17 September 1794 (6th O.S.)
Place:Krupczyce, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Result:Russian victory
Combatant1: Russia
Combatant2: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commander1: Alexander Suvorov
Fyodor Buksgevden


Commander2:
Stanisław Kosmowski
Strength1:12,000 men,
39 cannons[1] [2]
Strength2:4,000 men,
26 cannons
Casualties1:325–700[3]
Casualties2:~3,000 killed, wounded, or captured (Suvorov's report)
  • 300 killed[4] (Polish source)

The Battle of Krupczyce took place 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Herbst
  2. Гiстарычная брама № 1 (22) 2004 г.
  3. Petrushevsky
  4. Book: Mała Encyklopedia Wojskowa . 1967 . 1.