Battle of Błonie (1770)
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The Battle of Błonie, also known as the Battle of Zawady, was fought on 12 February 1770, during the War of the Bar Confederation, near the town of Błonie, near Warsaw. It was fought between forces of the Bar Confederation, and the Imperial Russian Army of the Tsardom of Russia.[1][2] The Bar Confederates lost the battle against Russian forces, while heading towards Warsaw, from the Greater Poland. The defeat marked the end of major offensive operations of the Bar Confederation.[1]
References
- ^ a b Wacław Szczygielski: Konfederacja barska w Wielkopolsce, 1768-1770. 1970, p. 385.
- ^ Zdzisław Sułek, Andrzej Grabski, Andrzej Nadolski, Tadeusz Nowak, Stefan Kuczyński, Janusz Sikorski (red. naukowy), Zdzisław Spieralski, Stanisław Herbst, Józef Dutkiewicz, Eligiusz Kozłowski, Jan Wimmer: Zarys dziejów wojskowości polskiej do roku 1864, part. 2. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1966, ISBN 0907587992, p. 512.
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