Battle of Stołowicze

Battle of Stołowicze
	Part of War of the Bar Confederation
	; Battle of Stołowicze by Johann Friedrich Anthing
Date	24 (O.S.: 13) September 1771
Location	Stołowicze, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Bar Confederation	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Michał Kazimierz Ogiński Józef Bielak	Alexander Suvorov; 2nd Maj. Kiselyov
Strength
Ogiński: 4,000 ; (3,000 participated) Bielak: 1,000 12 guns	900 ; (822 participated) ; 2 guns
Casualties and losses
100+ killed ; "Lots of injured" ; 900+ prisoners ; All artillery pieces	~100 killed ; ~400 injured

The battle of Stołowicze (the battle of Stolovichi or Stalovichy) was a clash of the War of the Bar Confederation. It took place on the 24 September 1771 and ended with the defeat of Bar Confederates by Russian general Alexander Suvorov. Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, the Bar commander, was forced into a brief exile.

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