Battle of Rybnica

Battle of Rybnica
Part of the January Uprising

Memorial at the site of the battle
Date20 October 1863
Location
Rybnica
Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish insurgents Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Dionizy Czachowski Major Chuti
Strength
500 infantry and 150 cavalrymen 500
Casualties and losses
40 dead and nearly 40 wounded

The Battle of Rybnica, one of many clashes of the January Uprising, took place on October 20, 1863, near the village of Rybnica, which at that time belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A party of 650 Polish insurgents, commanded by Dionizy Czachowski, clashed with a 500-strong detachment of the Imperial Russian Army. The clash ended in rebel victory; Russian losses were estimated at app. 50–60 killed, while the Poles lost 27 killed and 30 wounded.

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