CASUALTY RECORD // June 18, 1792
Battle of Zieleńce
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 3,000 estimated
Poland–Lithuania
1,000
Medium-confidence figure
Russian Empire
2,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
Zieleńce was a Polish–Lithuanian victory within the broader Russian invasion mounted to overturn the Constitution of 3 May 1791. Poniatowski's forces repulsed the assault by Morkov's column, inflicting roughly twice the casualties they sustained — approximately 2,000 Russian losses against 1,000 Polish. The engagement demonstrated that the Commonwealth's army could check a component of Krechetnikov's southern invasion force, yet the Poles withdrew from the field after the repulse, limiting the operational gain. The battle thus stands as a tactical success that did not translate into a reversal of the wider campaign to suppress the constitution, illustrating the limits of isolated victories against a larger invading force.
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