Battle of Lanckorona
The Bar Confederates in prayer to the Queen of Poland just before the start of the Battle of Lanckorona, oil painting by Artur Grottger
| date | May 23, 1771 |
|---|---|
| place | Lanckorona , Krakow Voivodeship |
| Casus Belli | Offensive strike by the Imperial Russian Army |
| output | Confederate defeat |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
  Charles Dumouriez
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  Alexander Suvorov
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| Troop strength | |
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on the battlefield : approx. 970 soldiers, including: approx. 70 infantrymen approx. 900 cavalrymen 1 cannon in the fortress : approx. 300 infantrymen 10 cannons |
on the battlefield : approx. 4,600 soldiers, including: approx. 2,500 infantrymen approx. 2,100 cavalrymen 7–8 cannons |
| losses | |
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approx. 300 soldiers |
4–5 dead |
As a battle of Lanckorona the second and actual will battle against the mountain of Lanckorona referred on 23 May 1771 one of the most important clashes Polish and Russian troops in the War of the Bar Confederation was.
prehistory
On February 22, 1771, the Confederates of Bar defended Lanckorona Castle and the small town of Lanckorona from the Imperial Russian Army . She was forced to withdraw after a surprising Confederate victory, although she was clearly outnumbered.
Course of the battle
The Battle of Lanckorona was the second military clash before Mount Lanckoronas and one of the most significant clashes between Polish and Russian troops in the War of the Confederation of Bar . It took place on May 23, 1771, when a formation of 1,300 men with 18 cannons of Polish noblemen of the Confederation of Bar was suddenly attacked by General Suvorov and his 4,000 Russian soldiers. The Bar Confederates suffered a heavy defeat because their new commander, the French envoy Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dumouriez , had been kidnapped early in the morning by Suvorov's troops and they were therefore fighting without military leadership.
Many historians assume that Dumouriez actually committed sabotage because, because of the traditionally democratic structures of Poland-Lithuania as a private person, he was actually an outspoken opponent of the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic and described it as an Asian nation . A strong indication of this is the fact that Dumouriez even betrayed his own nation and sided with Austria immediately after France's defeat at the Battle of Neerwinden in 1793. In addition, he later betrayed the Polish-Lithuanians again when he passed on confidential information about the secret plan of the Kościuszko uprising to the Kingdom of Prussia (from where they came to Russia).
Consequences of defeat
The consequences of the defeat were devastating. The Bar Confederates lost around 300 soldiers (including around 100 dead), while the Imperial Russian Army lost only 4–5 dead soldiers.
literature
- Władysław Konopczyński : Konfederacja Barska , 2 vols., 1936–1938, ISBN 83-85218-07-6 (vol. I), ISBN 83-85218-06-8 (vol. II).
Web links
- Confederation of Bar (s)
- Formation of the Confederation of Bar: Dorota Dukwicz spoke to Ewa Zientara - Polish History Museum (pl)
- Magdalena Chadaj: “Struggle for the Confederation of Bar” ; Illustrations, conditions and course (pl)
- MH Krasiński, MJ Pac: " Manifest Generalności Barskiej " from November 26th 1773 (pl)
- Chór Nowodworski: “Brave Pole on the Marsfeld” on YouTube
- Piotr Szubarczyk: “We will never form an alliance with the king” ; short retelling of the history of the Confederation (pl)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The mountain in front of Lanckorona pl: Lanckorońska Góra (545 m)
- ^ Andrzej Marceli Cisek: The Lies of Bastille .... pp. 192–194