Polish supporters of the Kościuszko Uprising defeat forces of the Russian Empire in the Battle of Racławice on April 4, 1794.

General Denisov, with twenty-five hundred troops, had planned to attack the Poles from south, while Tormasov's force of three thousand troops blocks Kosciuszko.

Kosciuszko, encountering Tormasov's force first, occupies a nearby hill, General Antoni Madalinski on his right and General Józef Zajączek on his left.

Tormasov, not waiting any longer, attacks the hill by 3:00 PM, setting up cannon.

Kosciuszko inspires his peasant brigade with shouts of "My boys, take that artillery! For God, and the Fatherland! Go forward with faith!"

The first group of serfs captures three twelve-pound cannons and the second wave captures eight more cannons.

Moving to his left flank, Kosciuszko leads a bayonet charge when the Russians flee, followed closely by the scythemen.

In addition, Lesser Poland fields approximately two thousand peasants armed with war scythes and pikes, known as kosynierzy, as well as eleven cannon.

The outcome of the battle is a tactical Polish victory, with Kościuszko defeating the numerically inferior enemy.

However, his forces are too small to undertake a successful pursuit, and the Corps of General Denisov evades destruction and will continue to operate in Lesser Poland.