"The Storming of Praga (Warsaw suburb) 4 November 1794." Topic
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| Tango01 | 22 Mar 2018 10:01 p.m. PST |
"Informed of the fighting at Maciejowice on 14 October, Suvorov correctly supposed that striking at the Polish capital would allow a quick conclusion to a war that was already becoming a protracted affair, and he ordered Fersen and Derfelden to join forces with him. He himself lost no time in marching forth. Derfelden was not inclined to obey this order, having earlier planned to deploy into winter quarters, but the Catherine's aide-de-camp with him, V.A. Zubov, applied the necessary pressure to induce him to move forward. After uniting his forces with Fersen at Stanislaw, Suvorov defeated one of the "Lithuanian" army's columns retreating toward Warsaw (c. 4000 men) in a battle at Kobylka on 26 October 1794, where he remained until 2 November. Derfelden also joined him here. As the Russians approached, General Wawrzecki, chosen by the "People's Supreme Council" to replace Kościuszko, wanted to abandon the Praga suburb and concentrate his forces to defend Warsaw itself, but the supreme council insisted on maintaining this last line of defense before the capital…."
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