Battle of Złoczew

Battle of Złoczew
	Part of the January Uprising
Date	22 August 1863
Location	near Złoczew51°24′53″N 18°36′26″E / 51.41472°N 18.60722°E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Polish insurgents	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
	Edmund Taczanowski
Casualties and losses
	5 dead
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Poland

The Battle of Złoczew, one of many clashes of the January Uprising, took place on 22 August 1863 near the town of Złoczew, which at that time belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A Polish insurgent unit under Edmund Taczanowski clashed with a detachment of the Imperial Russian Army and the battle resulted in Russian victory. The insurgents lost 5 men, and after the battle, Taczanowski ordered his party to withdraw^[1] towards Niechmirów.

References edit

^ ^a ^b Zieliński, Stanisław (1913). Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu (in Polish). Rapperswil: Fundusz Wydawniczy Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu. p. 210.

Sources edit

Stefan Kieniewicz: Powstanie styczniowe. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1983. ISBN 83-01-03652-4.

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[sz-1] Zieliński, Stanisław (1913). Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu (in Polish). Rapperswil: Fundusz Wydawniczy Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu. p. 210.

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