Battle of Skała

The Battle of Skala, one of many skirmishes of the January Uprising, took place on 5 March 1863 near the town of Skała in the southwestern corner of Russian-controlled Congress Poland.

A party of 1,500 Polish insurgents commanded by Marian Langiewicz and Antoni Jezioranski, heading towards the border with Austrian Galicia, clashed with a 400-strong unit of the Imperial Russian Army.

The skirmish began when Poles attacked Russian unit under Major Stozenwald, which camped at a cemetery in Skała.

After a three-hour battle, the Russians retreated toward Miechów, leaving their supplies at the cemetery.

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Battle of Skała by an anonymous painter, 1863-4. Currently located at the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw .