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 (Template:Lang-pl; Template:Lang-ru) 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.