Battle of Nowa Wieś (1831)
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| Battle of Nowa Wieś (1831) | |||||||
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| Part of the November Uprising | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Congress Poland |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Józef Dwernicki | Cyprian Kreutz | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 men | 20,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200 killed | |||||||
The Battle of Nowa Wieś (Polish: Bitwa pod Nową Wsią; Russian: Сражение под Новой Весью) was fought on 19 February 1831 between an army of 3,000 Polish rebels under Jozef Dwernicki and a Russian army of 20,000 under Cyprian Kreutz. Despite being outnumbered, the Polish rebels were victorious.
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