Battle of Dęborzyn - a battle fought on 15 May 1770, during the
Bar Confederation
The Bar Confederation ( pl, Konfederacja barska; 1768–1772) was an association of Polish nobles (szlachta) formed at the fortress of Bar in Podolia (now part of Ukraine) in 1768 to defend the internal and external independence of the Polishâ ...
in the area of the village of
Dęborzyn near
Pilzno
Pilzno is a town in Poland, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in Dębica County. It has 4,943 inhabitants as of 2018. It is located at the junction of important roads – West-East European E40 Highway, and National Road 73 (''Droga Krajowa nr. 73 ...
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The battle took place during a sortie towards Tarnów, carried out by
Kazimierz Pułaski at the head of a cavalry unit of 1,200 people. The Confederation took up positions near
Dęborzyn, on a hill to which the road led through the ravine. The clash took place on Pułaski's initiative, without consultation with the Confederation's leadership. During the battle with Russian troops, 200 Bar Confederates died. The defeat had a negative impact on Kazimierz Pułaski, which he expressed in the report. In response, the command stated that the defeat "does not diminish (...) in any way the respect, and bravery of His Lordship".
[Jan Stanisław Kopczewski, "Kazimierz Pułaski". Interpress Warszawa 1979, pp. 27, 28.]
References
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Battles involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Battles involving the Russian Empire