Battle of Pyzdry

1863 CE.

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The Battle of Pyzdry, one of many skirmishes of the January Uprising, took place on April 29, 1863, near the town of Pyzdry, which at that time belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland. 1,200 Polish insurgents under Edmund Taczanowski and Alojzy Oranowski clashed here with 1,500 soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army. The battle ended in Polish victory.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Pyzdry (1863), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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