First Battle of Wawer
| First Battle of Wawer | |||||||
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| Part of Polish-Russian War 1830-1831 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Poland |
 Imperial Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Michał Radziwiłł |
Hans Karl von Diebitsch | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 44,000[2] | 52,000[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,500[2] | 3,700[3]-4,000[2] | ||||||
The First Battle of Wawer[4] was fought on 19 February 1831, between Poland and Russia. Polish forces, led by Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, were defeated by the Russian Pahlen and Rosen corps, commanded by Hans Karl von Diebitsch. In this battle, Polish commanders did not receive any reinforcements, unlike the Russians.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "New York Military Magazine: Devoted to the Interests of the Militia Throughout the Union". Labree and Stockton. 1841. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bodart 1908.
- ^ a b Egorshina & Petrova 2023, p. 392.
- ^ Kwartalnik historyczny. Towarzystwo Historyczne. 1933. p. 147.
Used materials
[edit]- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618–1905) (in German). Vienna and Leipzig: C. W. Stern.
- Egorshina, O.; Petrova, A. (2023). История русской армии [The history of the Russian Army] (in Russian). Moscow: Edition of the Russian Imperial Library. ISBN 978-5-699-42397-2.
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