Battle of Bereza Kartuska

Battle of Bereza Kartuska
	Part of Polish-Soviet War
	; Polish-Soviet & Lithuanian-Soviet Wars of 1919: Polish & Lithuanian counterattacks marked in blue.
Date	14 February 1919
Location	Near Bereza Kartuska, near Brzesc, Belarus
Result	Polish victory
Belligerents
Poland	Russian SFSR
Commanders and leaders
Mieniecki	Unknown
Strength
62	86 killed
Casualties and losses
Unknown	80 captured

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska was fought between the Second Polish Republic and Soviet Russia around the village Bereza Kartuska (now Byaroza, Belarus) first on 14 February 1919, and again between 21 and 26 July 1920.

The first skirmish of Bereza is considered to be the initial engagement of the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921 by some historians.^[1]

^ ^a ^b For controversies about the naming and dating of this conflict, refer to the section devoted to this subject in the Polish-Soviet War article.