Battle of Krupczyce

Battle of Krupczyce
	Part of the Kościuszko Uprising
	; Fighting for a river crossing; Aleksander Orłowski
Date	17 September 1794 (6th O.S.)
Location	Krupczyce, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania; (today part of Chyzhewshchyna, Belarus)
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Suvorov; Fyodor Buksgevden; Ivan Isaev; Georgy Shevich; Pyotr Islenyev	Karol Sierakowski; Stanisław Kosmowski
Strength
12,000 men,; 39 cannons	4,000 men,; 26 cannons
Casualties and losses
325–700	~3,000 killed, wounded, or captured (Suvorov's report) 300 killed (Polish source);

The Battle of Krupczyce took place between the Russian Empire's armed forces under the command of Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov and Kościuszko's Polish rebels under Karol Józef Sierakowski east of Brest (near the Krupczyce Abbey), present-day Belarus, on September 17, 1794. It was part of the Kościuszko Uprising and ended with the defeat of the rebels.

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