Battle of Białołęka

Date	24–25 February 1831
Location	Near Warsaw, Poland
Result	Polish victory (indecisive)

Belligerents

Poland

Imperial Russia

Commanders and leaders

Jan Krukowiecki

Antoni Giełgud

Kazimierz Małachowski

Ivan Shakhovskiy

Strength

13,000 men, 22 cannons

11,000 men, 56 cannons

Casualties and losses

770 killed and wounded

1,070 killed and wounded

The Battle of Białołęka was fought from February 24 to February 25, 1831, in the village of Białołęka, Poland, during the November Uprising. Though the Polish forces were victorious over the Russians, the outcome was not decisive, and was inconclusive in the scope of the larger Russo-Polish War.

On November 29, 1830, a group of young, non-commissioned officers in the Imperial Russian Army's military academy in Warsaw revolted against the rule of the Russian Empire in Poland and Lithuania. The following day, armed Polish civilians forced the Russian troops to withdraw north from Warsaw.

The Russo-Polish War officially began in early February 1831, a 115,000-strong Russian army crossed Polish borders, led by Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch. The took place on February 14, 1831 near the village of near Łuków, where Polish cavalry under the command of Brigadier Józef Dwernicki defeated the Russian division of Teodor Geismar. The victory had psychological rather than militaristic significance, as it did little to slow the Russian advance towards Warsaw. Subsequent inconclusive victories at Dobre on February 17 and Wawer on February 19 and 20 bolstered Polish spirits, but were inconclusive.

Białołęka was a small town located North of Warsaw. The road to the capital passed through Białołęka, continued south through the villages of Bródno and Praga, and then crossed the Vistula into Warsaw.

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