Battle of Ponary heights | |||||||
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Part of November Uprising | |||||||
Battle plan | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia | Congress Poland and Lithuanian insurgents | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Dmitri Osten-Sacken |
Antoni Giełgud Francis Rolland | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
24,000, 70 cannons | 24,000, 26 cannons | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
364 | 2,000 dead, wounded and captured |
The Battle of Paneriai (Russian: Сражение на Понарских высотах; Polish: Bitwa pod Ponarami), also known as Battle of Vilnius was one of the most important events of the November uprising, when on June 19, 1831, Antoni Giełgud's corps of the Army of Congress Poland and Lithuanian insurgents was defeated near Vilnius, leading to a defeat of the Uprising of 1831 in Lithuania.