Battle of Ponary heights | |||||||
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Part of November Uprising | |||||||
Battle plan | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia | Congress Poland | ||||||
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 Ponary heights (Russian: Сражение на Понарских высотах; Polish: Bitwa pod Ponarami), also knowing Battle of Vilnius was one of the most important events of the November uprising, when on June 19, 1831, Gelgud's corps was defeated near Vilna, ending the war in Lithuania.