Battle of Rawa (1863)

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Battle of Rawa
Part of the January Uprising
Battle of Rawa
Date 4 February 1863 Location Rawa Mazowiecka Result Polish victory
Belligerents
Polish insurgents	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Antoni Jeziorański[1] Aleksander Sokołowski Franciszek Sokołowski
Strength
374[1]	160[1]
Casualties and losses
6 dead and 11 wounded[1]

The Battle of Rawa was one of skirmishes of the Polish January Uprising. It took place on 4 February 1863 in the town of Rawa Mazowiecka, Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A unit of Polish insurgents under Antoni Jeziorański,^[1] and Aleksander and Franciszek Sokołowski, managed to capture barracks of the Imperial Russian Army. The remaining Russians retreated towards Skierniewice.^[1] With several pieces of weaponry and an unknown number of prisoners, the Poles then headed southwards.

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