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Title
Virtuti Militari
Description
Battle of Zielence
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1792-06-18
Scenario#
TR17
Location
Zielence, Ukraine
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Zieleńce was a battle in the Polish–Russian War of 1792, in defence of the Polish Constitution of 3 May 1791. The battle took place on 18 June 1792, between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Army of Józef Poniatowski and an Imperial Russian Army group under the command of General Irakly Morkov, which was a part of General Mikhail Krechetnikov's Russian forces invading the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the south. The battle ended in Polish victory, as the Russian assault was repulsed, although the Poles soon withdrew from the battlefield.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Zielence
External Link
Combatants
Poland
Russia
Additional Information
Polish–Russian War of 1792
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