1,200 Polish insurgents under Edmund Taczanowski and Alojzy Oranowski clashed here with 1,500 soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army.

Colonel Edmund Taczanowski, himself a resident of Province of Posen and former soldier of the Prussian Army, organized a rebel unit near Pleszew, and crossed the border into Congress Poland.

On April 28 in the evening, Taczanowski received news that the Russians, stationed in Konin were preparing an attack.

[1] He decided to face them, and sent for reinforcements, which camped in the village of Rataje under the command of French officer Émile Faucheux [pl],[1] a volunteer participant in the uprising.

[1] The battle lasted for eight hours, ending with a scythemen charge, which broke through Russian lines, and the enemy retreated.