Action of Tyniec Abbey

The action of (the) Tyniec Abbey was an engagement between the armies of the Russian Empire and the Bar Confederation that took place on 20 May 1771. Russian Major-General Suvorov, in co-operation with Lieutenant-Colonel Shepelev's cavalry, assaulted Lieutenant-Colonel Dumouriez's army on a mountain redoubt fortified with a palisade, trous de loup, and two cannons; near the Tyniec Abbey, the village of Tyniec; but after taking the redoubt twice, they were twice repulsed, however, managed to capture all the cannons; Suvorov refused to retake the redoubt, and withdrew to meet Dumouriez, who had meanwhile brought reinforcements, in the third confrontation at Lanckorona. Almost all the infantry of the Tyniec consisted of Austrian deserters.

Action of the Tyniec Abbey
Part of the war of the Bar Confederation
View of the abbey
Date May 20, 1771 Location Tyniec, Kraków Voivodeship Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
Russia	Bar Confederation Austrians France
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Suvorov Pyotr Shepelev	Charles François Dumouriez
Strength
3,600 (in all) Unknown number engaged	800 (in all) Unknown number engaged
Casualties and losses
90 dead and injured	100 dead, 75 prisoners of war, 2 cannons

Sources

• Petrushevsky, Alexander (1884). Генералиссимус князь Суворов [Generalissimo Prince Suvorov] (in Russian). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Saint Petersburg: Типография М. М. Стасюлевича.
• Petrov, Andrey N. (1874). Война России с Турцией и Польскими конфедератами. с 1769—1774 год [Russia's war with Turkey and the Polish confederates] (in Russian). Vol. III. St. Petersburg: Типография К. В. Трубникова. Retrieved 8 June 2023.