Battle of Maciejowice

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Battle of Maciejowice
Part of the Kościuszko Uprising
Plersch Kosciuszko in the battle of Maciejowice.jpg
Kosciusko's capture in battle
Date10 October 1794
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Banner of Kosciuszko Uprising flat.PNG Poland Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Banner of Kosciuszko Uprising flat.PNG Tadeusz Kościuszko  (POW) Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Fersen
Flag of Russia.svg Fyodor Denisov  [ ru ]
Strength
7,000 [1] :194 14,000 [1] :194
Casualties and losses
4,000 killed, wounded and captured [1] :208 Unknown
A memorial of the battle near Podzamcze Podzamcze - Pole Bitwy pod Maciejowicami z 1794 r. Pomnik AL01.JPG
A memorial of the battle near Podzamcze

The Battle of Maciejowice was fought on 10 October 1794, between Poland and the Russian Empire during the Polish Uprising of 1794.

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The Poles were led by Tadeusz Kościuszko. Kościuszko with 6,200 men, who planned to prevent the linking of three larger Russian corps, commanded by generals Fyodor Denisov, Ivan Fersen and Alexander Suvorov. He also had requested the support of Adam Poniński (who had 4,000 soldiers), but Poniński failed to arrive on the battlefield in time. [1] :205

Battle

Kosciuszko had spent the night in an abandoned manor house of the Zamoyskis with his army in the field in front flanked by woods, and a river behind the house. [1] :206 Denisov and then Fersen attacked the next morning, and the Poles burned the village on their left flank to prevent it being used as cover. [1] :207 Initially, the Russian advance was slowed by the mud, but after three hours the Poles ran out of ammunition for their cannons. [1] :207 The Russian infantry then made a bayonet charge and slaughtered the Poles for the next three hours. [1] :208

After three horses were shot from under him, Kosciuszko finally tried leaving the battlefield, but his horse tripped. [1] :208 A Cossack stabbed him with a pike from behind, followed by a second Cossack who stabbed him in the left hip. [1] :208 Attempting to take his own life, Kosciuszko found his pistol empty, and then passed out in the mud, but was not identified as the Polish commanding general. [1] :208 He was stripped by two unknown horsemen, but then saved and carried away from the battlefield by Denisov's Cossacks and later taken prisoner. [1] :208

Aftermath

Kosciuszko was taken to St. Petersburg by General Alexei Khrushchev and two thousand Russian soldiers. [1] :210 The news of the fall of Warsaw reached him on 17 November. [1] :211

The Battle of Maciejowice is commemorated on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Warsaw, with the inscription "MACIEJOWICE 10 X 1794”.

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