On 14 February 1831, near Stoczek east of Warsaw, the Polish corps of General Józef Dwernicki routed a brigade of Russian mounted rifles under General Fyodor (Teodor) Geismar, in the first weeks of the Russian campaign against the November Uprising. The Russians left guns behind. The victory lifted Polish spirits but did not stop the Russian march on Warsaw.
The Battle of Stoczek, 1831: Dwernicki's first victory
14 February 1831 · 195 years ago
The Battle of Stoczek was fought on 14 February 1831, about ten days after the Russian army invaded the Kingdom of Poland to crush the November Uprising.
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14 February 1797 · 229 years ago
A British fleet under Sir John Jervis attacked a larger Spanish fleet under José de Córdoba off Cape Saint Vincent in Portugal, in the War of the First Coalition. The British won, and Commodore Horatio Nelson made his name by boarding and seizing two Spanish warships.
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