Battle of Orzechowo

Battle of Orzechowo
Part of the war of the Bar Confederation

The sign was erected to commemorate the events of 1772 in honour of commander A.V. Suvorov.
(Arekhava/Orekhovo, Belarus)
Date13 September[a] 1769
Location
Orzechowo, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Arekhava, Belarus)
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Bar Confederation
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Alexander Suvorov
Russian Empire Mikhail Sakharov
Russian Empire Karl Rönne
Russian Empire Capt. Castelli		 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Casimir Pulaski
Strength
320–450 men[b]
2 guns[2][1]		 2,000[2][3] (only cavalrymen[3][1])
2 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
small[2][c] up to 200[2]
or in the 200–300 range[3]
or "several hundred" dead and 43 captured[1]

The battle of Orzechowo (Orekhovo)[d] took place on 13 September 1769,[5] between the armed forces of the Bar Confederation and the Russian Empire. The Russian troops were led by Brigadier Suvorov and the Polish troops were led by Casimir Pulaski. The battle was decided by an attack by Sakharov's grenadier company and Rönne's 50 carabiniers (the latter were under the command of Captain Count Castelli).[1] The Confederates lost up to 200 men in the battle, including 40 captured, while Russian losses were "very small" despite a significant numerical gap. The affair at Orzechowo put Suvorov in the first row of Russian commanders in Poland and brought him the rank of major general.[2][4][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Shtabs-Kapitan Plesterer. Суворов. Поход в Польшу и бой при Орехове. (1768–1769 гг.). – Военный сборник, 1901, № 5, pp. 1–10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Petrushevsky 1884.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Longworth 1966.
  4. ^ a b Osipov 1939.
  5. ^ Mała Encyklopedia Wojskowa. A-J. Warsaw 1967, p. 114.


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