A party of 650 Polish insurgents, commanded by Dionizy Czachowski,[1] clashed with a 500-strong detachment of the Imperial Russian Army.

On October 20, Czachowski and his party crossed the Vistula river, and headed northwards.

News of the insurgent unit presence reached the town of Staszów, in which stationed a Russian garrison of infantry and dragoons.

Russian commandant, Major Chuti, decided to set a trap for the marching insurgents, near the village of Rybnica, where the road went along the bottom of a valley.

Polish commanders managed to prevent panic among their ranks, and soon afterwards, insurgent infantry supported by scythemen attacked Russian soldiers.