It took place in 1772, lasted from 4 February to 26 AprilN.S..[2][3][4][1][5] As early as September 1771, Major-General Baron de Vioménil arrived from France via Vienna to replace Charles Dumouriez, with a number of officers.

In the Kraków Castle was stored regimental transport, 4 cannon; there were also kept Confederate prisoners of war, contrary to the order of Suvorov, who demanded that they be sent to Lublin.

Choisy headed towards Tyniec, leaving Captains Vioménil and Salian with part of the detachment, who had remained under the castle walls, to their fate.

After moving away two or three kilometres, he suddenly heard a strong rifle fire in Kraków, stopped and sent a Polish officer to reconnoitre.

It had snowed heavily the night before, and the men of the detachment wore white priest's clothes over their dress, so as not to excite the attention of the sentries.

[1][3][5][2] In this form the capture of the Kraków Castle is presented according to printed sources and partly according to Stackelberg's report and Suvorov's first investigation.

Suvorov was partly to blame for this incident, not giving credence to the denunciations made against Stackelberg and not paying attention to the secret message of a Pole, a supplier of Russian troops, who warned him that there would be an attempt on the Kraków Castle and in proof of the justice of his words showed a letter from his Confederate brother.

[1][2] The besieged, seeing their critical situation and expecting worse to come, made several violent sorties, which, however, did them much more harm than the Russians, as wounded men were added.

In the order he said that for such a misdemeanour he should have put the captain on trial, "but as he had no other malice, and as he has been under arrest for a long time, he is young, and has rarely been in action, release".

Suvorov also made an unsuccessful storming during the siege: on reaching the main gate and cutting through it with axes, the stormers engaged in a skirmish with the besieged through the hole, as the leader of the column lacked the resolve to strike.

The men of the third column, having ladders against the wall, climbed with intrepidity into the embrasures where the cannons stood, but met the same courage in their opponents.

[1][3] At the beginning of April, guns of large calibre arrived at Suvorov's place and a breach-battery was erected hidden from the Confederate forces.

It collapsed part of the wall at the gate, broke through the breach and caused several fires in the castle; the Polish engineer had meanwhile finished the mine galleries.

The next day morning, Galibert appeared again, was treated to a good breakfast, but when the speech on capitulation came on, he began to raise objections.

At last, to Suvorov's pleasure, who was tired of his diplomatic role, a treaty was signed between Austria, Prussia, and Russia for the Partition between them of a portion of Poland.