Battles of Lanckorona
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The first combat of Lanckorona, the storming of the Lanckorona Castle (Polish: Obrona Lanckorony, lit. 'Defense of Lanckorona') and the second battle of Lanckorona (Russian: Лянцкоронское сражение; Polish: Bitwa pod Lanckoroną) were three different clashes of the Bar Confederation that took place in the Lanckorona Castle, on the plains before Lanckorona, and in the town ifself, a small settlement 27 km (17 mi) southwest of the de jure Polish capital Kraków (de facto capital was Warsaw). The clashes involved a detachment of the Russian army of Ivan Weymarn [ru] led by Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov and Polish force with other European troops under the command of the French envoy Charles François Dumouriez.[3]
Clashes at Lanckorona (1771) | |||||||
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Part of War of the Bar Confederation | |||||||
"Prayer of the Bar Confederation before the battle of Lanckorona" Painting by Artur Grottger | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russian Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexander Suvorov (WIA) Ivan Drewitz |
Charles Dumouriez Józef Miączyński (POW) Kajetan Sapieha † Michał Walewski | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
c. 1,000 infantry[lower-alpha 5] (1st & 2nd clashes) (3rd clash) |
700 cavalry & infantry[lower-alpha 6] (1st & 2nd clashes)
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown (1st clash) Great[lower-alpha 8] (2nd clash) Negligible[lower-alpha 9] (3rd clash) |
Unknown (1st clash) Uncertain[lower-alpha 10] (2nd clash) (3rd clash) |
Alexander Suvorov had already fought the Confederates in a substantial battle the year before last — he gave a heavy defeat to Casimir Pulaski at Orzechowo. Here, in the battle of Orzechowo, possessing a detachment not reaching 400 men, Suvorov won against 2,000 Polish Confederates.[3]