Battle of Bereza Kartuska (1919)

Battle of Bereza Kartuska (1919)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Bereza Kartuska (1919)


caption=
partof=Polish-Soviet War
date=February 16, 1919 For controversies about the naming and dating of this conflict, refer to the section devoted to this subject in the Polish-Soviet War article.]
place=Near Bereza Kartuska, near Brzesc, Belarus
result=Polish victory
combatant1=
combatant2=
commander1=Unknown
commander2=Unknown
strength1=62
strength2=Unknown
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=80 captured|

Battle of Bereza Kartuska was one of the first armed conflicts between the organised forces of the Second Polish Republic and Soviet Russia and considered by some historians the first battle of the Polish-Soviet War.

On February 14 or February 16 1919, 57 Polish soldiers and 5 officers attacked Soviet forces in the town of Biaroza (Polish "Bereza"), small city to the east of Brzesc. They captured 80 soldiers of the Red Army.

References

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See also

* Battle of Manewicze, another minute battle on the same day


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