Battle of Maciejowice

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Kościuszko Uprising
Racławice – Warsaw – Wilno – Greater Poland – Szczekociny – Chełm – Krupczyce – Terespol – Maciejowice – Praga

The Battle of Maciejowice was fought on October 10, 1794 between Poland and Russia. The Polish were led by Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Kościuszko with 6200 forces planned to prevent the linking of two larger Russian armies, 12,000 under Iwan Fersen and 12,500 under Alexander Suvorov. As he requested the support of Adam Poniński (who had 4,000 soldiers) too late, Poniński failed to arrive on the battlefield in time. The Russians were victorious, and Kosciuszko was wounded and then captured.