Battle of Rawa (1863)

Battle of Rawa
Part of the January Uprising

Battle of Rawa
Date4 February 1863
Location51°45′44″N 20°14′57″E / 51.76222°N 20.24917°E / 51.76222; 20.24917
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, and Aleksander and Franciszek Sokołowski, managed to capture barracks of the Imperial Russian Army. The remaining Russians retreated towards Skierniewice. With several pieces of weaponry and an unknown number of prisoners, the Poles then headed southwards.