Battle of Maciejowice

The Battle of Maciejowice was fought on 10 October 1794, between Poland and the Russian Empire during the Polish Uprising of 1794.

Kościuszko with 6,200 men, who planned to prevent the linking of three larger Russian corps, commanded by generals Fyodor Denisov, Ivan Fersen and Alexander Suvorov.

[1]: 206  Denisov and then Fersen attacked the next morning, and the Poles burned the village on their left flank to prevent it being used as cover.

[1]: 207  Initially, the Russian advance was slowed by the mud, but after three hours the Poles ran out of ammunition for their cannons.

[1]: 208  Attempting to take his own life, Kosciuszko found his pistol empty, and then passed out in the mud, but was not identified as the Polish commanding general.

A memorial of the battle near Podzamcze