Battle of Raszyn | |||||||||
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Part of the Polish–Austrian War, War of the Fifth Coalition | |||||||||
Death of Cyprian Godebski in the Battle of Raszyn 1855 painting by January Suchodolski oil on canvas, National Museum in Warsaw | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Austrian Empire |
Duchy of Warsaw Kingdom of Saxony | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Archduke Ferdinand | Józef Poniatowski | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
26,000[1]–29,790: 24,500 infantry, 4,500 cavalry, 94 guns[2] |
14,200: 10,500 infantry, 3,500 cavalry, 44 guns[1][3] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
400–600[1][4] Polish estimate: 2,500 killed and wounded[5][6] |
1,400 (1,100 Poles, 300 Saxons)[7][1]
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The first Battle of Raszyn was fought on 19 April 1809 between armies of the Austrian Empire under Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este and the Duchy of Warsaw under Józef Antoni Poniatowski, as part of the War of the Fifth Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars.[8] The battle was not decisive, but it did result in the Austrians obtaining their goal by capturing the Polish capital Warsaw.