The battle of Nemenchyn took place on April 27, 1794 during the Polish uprising led by Tadeusz Kosciuszko (March - November 1794 .
| Battle of Nemenchin | |||
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| Main conflict: Uprising Kosciuszko | |||
| date | April 27, 1794 | ||
| A place | Nemenčine town, now Vilnius district , Lithuania | ||
| Total | The victory of the Lithuanian troops | ||
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The battle between the Lithuanian detachment of Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Grabowski and the Russian detachment under the command of the Don Colonel Kireev near Nemenchine (21 km north-east of Vilno ) ended in victory for the Lithuanian army.
Battle
After the uprising in Vilna, the commandant of the capital, Yakub Yasinsky, learned that a small Russian detachment under the command of Colonel Kireev (450 soldiers) was standing in Nemenchin . It consisted of the remains of a Russian garrison in Vilna . Yakub Yasinsky sent April 26 against the Russian Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Grabovsky .
At this time, on the night of April 26 to 27 , Colonel Kireev connected with the one-thousandth detachment of Fyodor Levits, who retreated from Vilna on the right bank of the river. Willy. Stefan Grabovsky with a detachment of 360 soldiers and 2 guns at dawn on April 27, came out of Nemenchine and attacked the superior forces of the Russians (1,450 soldiers).
There was an extremely fierce bayonet battle. Due to the significant superiority of the Russians, Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Grabowski retreated back to Nemenchin , where Major Ignatsi Eijatovich (150 soldiers) arrived soon with reinforcements. Don Colonel Kireev, learning about the arrival of reinforcements in Nemenchin, began to retreat along the river. Vilia towards Michalishek .
In the battle, the Lithuanians lost 134 soldiers and 2 guns, and the Russians - 280 soldiers.
Sources
- Andrzej Zahorski, Wypisy źródłowe do historii polskiej sztuki wojennej. Polska sztuka wojenna w okresie powstania kościuszkowskiego, Zeszyt dziesiąty, Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, Warszawa 1960.
- Bolesław Twardowski: Wojsko Polskie Kościuszki w roku 1794. Poznań: Księgarnia Katolicka, 1894.