Battle of Rawa (1863)

Battle of Rawa
	Part of the January Uprising
	; Battle of Rawa
Date	4 February 1863
Location	Rawa Mazowiecka51°45′44″N 20°14′57″E / 51.76222°N 20.24917°E
Result	Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish insurgents	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
	Antoni Jeziorański; Aleksander Sokołowski; Franciszek Sokołowski
Strength
374	160
Casualties and losses
	6 dead and 11 wounded

The Battle of Rawa was one of skirmishes of the Polish January Uprising. It took place on 4 February 1863 in the town of Rawa Mazowiecka, Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A unit of Polish insurgents under Antoni Jeziorański,^[1] and Aleksander and Franciszek Sokołowski, managed to capture barracks of the Imperial Russian Army. The remaining Russians retreated towards Skierniewice.^[1] With several pieces of weaponry and an unknown number of prisoners, the Poles then headed southwards.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. pp. 22–23.

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[sz-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. pp. 22–23.

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Battle of Rawa (1863)

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