The battle of Vengrov - the battle of January 22 (February 3), 1863, between Russian troops and Polish rebels during the uprising of 1863 . In the Polish literature is included in the list of Polish Thermal saws .
| Fight near Vengrov Bitwa pod węgrowem | |||
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| Main Conflict: 1863 Polish Uprising | |||
 Fight near Vengrov | |||
| date of | January 22 ( February 3 ), 1863 . | ||
| A place | Hungarians , Masovian Voivodeship , Kingdom of Poland | ||
| Total | Draw (Both sides declared victory) | ||
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Background
In the city of Hungarians and its environs, a 3,000-strong rebel detachment was formed under the leadership of Jan Mytlinsky. Colonel Papafanasopulo with a detachment of 3 infantry companies, 3 squadrons and 6 field guns was sent to search and eliminate it. January 22 (February 3) at 6.30 a.m. Papafanasopulo left Mokobod, and at about 8 o'clock approached Vengrov.
Battle
Seeing the rebels, the Russian detachment opened artillery fire, which caused great confusion in Vengrov. With increased artillery fire, Mytlinsky decided to retreat, having allocated 400 cosigners to cover the retreat. Noticing the retreat along the Sokolov road, the head of the detachment sent at a trot 4 squadrons of the Lancer of the Smolensk Lancers Regiment. The squadron managed to detain part of the retreating, who did not dare to leave the town and lay down in the cemetery and behind the sheds in its eastern part. Papafanasopulo advanced the entire detachment forward on a shot-card shot from Vengrov and opened fire.
Meanwhile, the cosigners standing at the outpost left the buildings, scattered and attacked the Russian left flank - the 2nd squadron, which was standing in cover of the equestrian artillery battalion. Due to the viscosity of the soil and transverse furrows, the squadron did not attack the attackers, and retreated, opening the left flank of the equestrian division, which the cosigners turned on. Giving several shots at point blank range the division retreated. The infantry, coming in with the right shoulder, opened choke fire on the attackers on the flank. This stopped the advance of the cosigners, who were almost completely killed or wounded.
During the Kosiner attack, the rebels continued to retreat from the town to the north, but a significant part of them lingered in the cemetery and behind the sheds. Having repelled the attack, the head of the detachment ordered the artillery to light the sheds. The rebels rushed to the northern part of the town, and from there - into the forest. Those who sat in the cemetery were also knocked out and retreated towards Miedzna. Papafanasopulo sent horse-drawn units around the villages for reconnaissance about the enemy, who during this time managed to disappear without a trace, taking away the dead and wounded in previously prepared carts.
Sources
- Encyclopedia of Military and Naval Sciences Volume VI . Page 105.
- Military Encyclopedia / Ed. V.F. Novitsky and others - St. Petersburg. : t. in I.V. Sytin, 1911-1915. - S. 299.