Battle of Lubartów (1863)

The Battle of Lubartow, which took place in the night of January 22/23, 1863, was one of the first battles of the January Uprising. Several hundred Polish insurgents, mostly armed with scythes and sticks (see kosynierzy), planned to attack the town of Lubartow, Congress Poland, where a garrison of the Imperial Russian Army stayed. Furthermore, the Poles wanted to capture the nearby hamlet of Skrobow, where Russian artillery cannons were kept.

The attack on Skrobow failed, and Russian sentries, who fled to Lubartow, warned their officers. The insurgents thus lost the element of surprise, and their action was repulsed. After losing some men, the rebels withdrew to the nearby forests.

Sources

J. Tomczyk, Lubartów w powstaniu styczniowym, [w:] Lubartów.

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