Battles of Lanckorona

Clashes at Lanckorona (1771)
	Part of War of the Bar Confederation
	; "Prayer of the Bar Confederation before the battle of Lanckorona" ; Painting by Artur Grottger
Date	20 February: 1st & 2nd clashes; 21 May: 3rd clash
Location	Lanckorona and its castle, Kraków Voivodeship, Kingdom of Poland, Poland-Lithuania
Result	• Russian victory – 1st clash; • Confederate victory – 2nd clash; • Russian victory – 3rd clash;
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Bar Confederation France; HRE; ;
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Suvorov (WIA); Ivan Drewitz	Charles Dumouriez ; Józef Miączyński (POW); Kajetan Sapieha †; Michał Walewski
Strength
c. 1,000 infantry; (1st & 2nd clashes) 3,000–3,500 men;; 8 cannons.; (3rd clash)	700 cavalry & infantry ; (1st & 2nd clashes) 3,500–4,000 men;; 32 cannons, of which; 2 deployed.; (3rd clash)
Casualties and losses
Unknown; (1st clash)Great; (2nd clash)Negligible; (3rd clash)	Unknown; (1st clash)Uncertain; (2nd clash) 500 killed and 200 prisoners;; 2 cannons.; (3rd clash)

The first combat of Lanckorona, the storming of the Lanckorona Castle (Polish: Obrona Lanckorony, lit. 'Defense of Lanckorona') and the second battle of Lanckorona (Russian: Лянцкоронское сражение; Polish: Bitwa pod Lanckoroną) were three different clashes of the Bar Confederation that took place in the Lanckorona Castle, on the plains before Lanckorona, and in the town ifself, a small settlement 27 km (17 mi) southwest of the de jure Polish capital Kraków (de facto capital was Warsaw). The clashes involved a detachment of the Russian army of Ivan Weymarn [ru] led by Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov and Polish force with other European troops under the command of the French envoy Charles François Dumouriez.^[3]

Alexander Suvorov had already fought the Confederates in a substantial battle the year before last — he gave a heavy defeat to Casimir Pulaski at Orzechowo. Here, in the battle of Orzechowo, possessing a detachment not reaching 400 men, Suvorov won against 2,000 Polish Confederates.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Konopczyński 1928, pp. 127–132.
^ Miączyński 1911, p. 60.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Petrushevsky, Alexander (1884). Generalissimo Prince Suvorov (in Russian). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Типография М. М. Стасюлевича. pp. 75–105.
^ ^a ^b "Obrona Lanckorony (20 lutego 1771 – 8 maja 1772)". TwojaHistoria.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ Petrov 1874, p. 225.
^ Petrov 1874, p. 223.
^ Osipov 1939, p. 39.
^ ^a ^b Petrov 1874, p. 224.
^ Osipov 1939, p. 40.

[FOOTNOTEKonopczyński1928127–132-5] Konopczyński 1928, pp. 127–132.

[FOOTNOTEMiączyński191160-6] Miączyński 1911, p. 60.

[Petrush-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Petrushevsky, Alexander (1884). Generalissimo Prince Suvorov (in Russian). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Типография М. М. Стасюлевича. pp. 75–105.

[TH-9] "Obrona Lanckorony (20 lutego 1771 – 8 maja 1772)". TwojaHistoria.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[FOOTNOTEPetrov1874225-10] Petrov 1874, p. 225.

[FOOTNOTEPetrov1874223-12] Petrov 1874, p. 223.

[FOOTNOTEOsipov193939-14] Osipov 1939, p. 39.

[FOOTNOTEPetrov1874224-18] Petrov 1874, p. 224.

[FOOTNOTEOsipov193940-19] Osipov 1939, p. 40.

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