Battle of Zieleńce
| Battle of Zieleńce | |||||||
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| Part of the Polish–Russian War of 1792 | |||||||
Battle of Zieleńce by Aleksander Orłowski | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Poland–Lithuania | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Prince Józef Poniatowski | Irakly Morkov | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 15,357 and 12 cannons | 11,000 and 24 cannons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 800–1,000 | 730 –2,000 | ||||||
The Battle of Zieleńce was a battle in the Polish–Russian War of 1792, in defence of the Polish Constitution of 3 May 1791. The battle took place on 18 June 1792, between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Army of Józef Poniatowski and an Imperial Russian Army group under the command of General Irakly Morkov, which was a part of General Mikhail Krechetnikov's Russian forces invading the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the south. The battle ended in Polish victory, as the Russian assault was repulsed, although the Poles soon withdrew from the battlefield.