Battle of Mir

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This article is about the 1792 battle. For 1812 battle, see battle of Mir (1812).

Battle of Mir
Part of the Polish-Russian War of 1792
Date 11 June 1792 Location Mir in Belarus Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth	Russian Empire
Commanders
Józef Judycki	Boris Mellin

Polish-Russian War of 1792 Mir – Zelwa – Zieleńce – Dubienka – Markuszów

Battle of Mir was one of the first battles of the Polish-Russian War of 1792. It took place in the town of Mir, which is now part of Belarus on June 11, 1792.

The Russian army of Boris Mellin defeated the Lithuanian force under Józef Judycki. The confrontation could have gone the other way if the 900 troops under Stanisław Kostka Potocki and Tomasz Wawrzecki were used to augment the defence; instead Judycki called a two-hour counsel. This gave time for the Russian forces to regroup and they were then able to prepare a final counterattack.

On that day there was also an assault and conquest of the Mir Castle Complex. Judycki left his troops and resorted to Hrodna (Polish: Grodno).

Judycki was relieved of command soon afterwards.