Battle of Brest (1792)
| Battle of Brest | |||||||
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| Part of Polish-Russian War of 1792 | |||||||
Russian Commander Ivan Fersen | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russia | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ivan Fersen | Szymon Zabiełło | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,500 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 12 killed & 43 wounded | 356 killed & 66 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Brest (Russian: Битва под Брестом; Polish: Bitwa pod Brześciem), was defensive battle of 5,000 Polish-Lithuanian troops tried to cover the way to Warsaw from the Russians. An equally strong Russian detachment was acting against them.
On July 21, a dragoon raid took place on Polish-Lithuanian positions in front of the city, the Polish-Lithuanian forces retreated into the city itself. On July 23, a battle took place at dawn, the defenders held out for a long time, but after they ran out of ammunition they were forced to retreat. Poles lost 356 killed and 66 captured, while the Russians lost only 12 dead and 43 wounded.