ORDER OF BATTLE // March 30, 1831
Battle of Dębe Wielkie
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 53,000 estimated
Poland
40,000
Medium-confidence figure
Imperial Russia
13,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
At Dębe Wielkie, the Polish army under Jan Skrzynecki defeated a Russian detachment commanded by General Geismar, inflicting approximately 2,500 casualties on a force of around 13,000. The engagement represented a successful offensive action by the November Uprising's forces against a substantially smaller Russian screening force, demonstrating that the Polish army, numbering some 40,000, could concentrate superiority against isolated Russian elements during the 1831 campaign.
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