A party of 800 Polish insurgents, commanded by Zygmunt Chmieleński [pl], clashed with soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army.

After skirmishes near Cierno, Warzyn and Czarnca, Chmieleński concentrated insurgent units in Drochlin, where he was joined by some riflemen of Captain Albert Esterhazy.

Polish forces had some 800 men, and the battle began with the Russian barrage of the village, after which infantry entered the fray.

Due to the subsequent Russian artillery fire, the Polish advance was stopped.

The lack of both left- and right-side leaders forced Chmieleński to order all of this men to withdraw towards Lgoczanka.