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First Battle of Ignacewo

8 May 1863 · 52.39° N, 18.42° E

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8 May 1863
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52.39° N, 18.42° E

First Battle of Ignacewo

The First Battle of Ignacewo was one of many clashes of the January Uprising. It took place on May 8, 1863, near the village of Ignacewo, which at that time belonged to Russian Empire’s Congress Poland. Insurgent forces commanded by Edmund Taczanowski clashed with a 2,000-strong detachment of the Imperial Russian Army led by Andrei Brunner. The battle ended with Russian victory, and Poles lost some 160 men.

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