Battle of Racławice

April 4, 1794 · Racławice

Result Polish victory

Tadeusz Kościuszko's Polish army, helped by peasants armed with scythes, defeated a Russian force near Kraków. The victory gave the uprising strong popular support.

On the map Contemporaries

Polish insurgents

Russia and Prussia

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Russia

Russian Empire

Tadeusz Kościuszko military commander

Antoni Józef Madaliński military commander

Józef Zajączek military commander

Alexander Tormasov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: c. 6,000
Casualties: c. 1,000

Strength: 3,000c. 5,000
Casualties: 800c. 2,000
Guns: 12
Guns captured: 12