Battle of Radoszewicem

On March 10 (22), 1863, in the forest near the village of Kuznitsa-Maslonska, a detachment of Major Leo, who was in the army group of Prince Bagration, caught up and suddenly attacked a detachment of insurgents Colonel Theodor Tseshkovsky , causing them considerable losses. In particular, in the battle and during the retreat, the rebels lost more than 120 people killed, wounded and captured against only 17 killed and wounded among the Russians, and were also forced to throw a wagon train carrying weapons and food. ^[one]

Subsequently, the remnants of the Tseshkovsky detachment, all also pursued by regular troops, headed towards the town of Radoszewice . Having crossed several days after the defeat across the Varta River in the town of Dzyaloshin , they burned the bridge behind them, then occupied the village of Lisowice without a fight, where the detachment was replenished with people and food and again grew to 500 people. On the night of March 15 (27), the rebels entered Radashkovica, where they were received by the local vojt Ludwik Nemoevsky sympathizing with the insurgents. The headquarters of the Tseshkovsky detachment as well as the commander himself were stationed in the house of Nemoevsky.

At the same time, after learning about the new location of the rebel detachment to Radoshkovitsa, around 5 am, a detachment of Major Pisanko came out (400 infantrymen, 100 Cossacks) in order to defeat the rebel unit.

At about 10:00 am, Theodor Tseshkovsky’s detachment in Radoszewice was suddenly attacked by regular troops. The fierce exchange of fire lasted for some time; nevertheless, under the onslaught of regular troops, the rebels began to retreat in an organized manner to Kolcegluv. All attempts to counterattack the rebels at the initial stage of the battle were unsuccessful and the regular troops gradually drove them out of the town. After the rebel Radoshevits left, Pisanko ordered his soldiers to pursue the rebels retreating to Kolchegluv, nevertheless, during the hitch, the rebels managed to regroup and put a preemptive strike on the regular troops pursuing them to stop the pursuit.

According to Polish data, the losses of the rebels amounted to 10 killed, several dozen wounded and 9 prisoners. They estimated the losses of the Russians at 28 killed and several dozen wounded. According to the report of Major Pisanko, the rebels lost in the battle more than 20 people killed and more than 100 wounded and captured, and the regular troops suffered no casualties. Ludvik Nemoevsky, immediately after the regular occupation of the town, was arrested for harboring wounded rebels.

Tseshkovsky’s detachment moved in the direction of Kolchegluva and camped near the village of Komyk. Two weeks later, on March 29 (April 10), 1863, Theodor Tseshkovsky was seriously wounded in a battle with the Cossacks near the village of Brochetin and captured by them died in a hospital in the village Lesnyaki-Khabelskie, and his insurgent detachment disbanded.