Battle of Dubienka

51°04′40″N 23°51′58″E / 51.077813°N 23.866153°E / 51.077813; 23.866153

Battle of Dubienka
Date 18 July 1792 Location Dubienka east of Lublin, Poland Result Polish victory[a]
Belligerents
Poland–Lithuania	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Tadeusz Kościuszko Józef Poniatowski	Mikhail Kakhovsky
Strength
5,300 and less than 10 cannons[2]	25,000 and 56 cannons[2]
Casualties and losses
900[2] 7 guns[3]	500[3] claimed by the Russians, 4,000[2] claimed by the Poles

The Battle of Dubienka occurred during the Polish–Russian War of 1792 (War of the Second Partition of Poland) where on July 18, 1792, the Polish army under the command of General Tadeusz Kościuszko defended the Bug River crossing against the Russian army under General Mikhail Kakhovsky. Although the Russians had a numerical advantage of 5:1 over the Polish defenders, their attacks were stymied by field fortifications raised by the Poles, leading to a Polish tactical victory. Subsequent Russian flanking forced the Poles to retreat to avoid being encircled. After the Polish-Lithuanian forces left their forward positions, the Russian army occupied the area.

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