battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Lida
Battle of Lida was a battle fought on 16 April 1919 at Lida, in what is now Belarus. It was part of the Polish–Soviet War, which ran from 1919 to 1921. The recorded result: Polish victory.
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Record
| Date | 16 April 1919 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Lida, Belarus 53.883N, 25.300E | |
| Part of | Polish–Soviet War (1919 to 1921) | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Result | Polish victory | |
| Belligerents | Second Polish Republic | Russian SFSR |
| Commanders | Józef Lasocki | Franciszek Rupniewicz; I. Kukujew |
| Strength | 7 infantry battalions, 4 artillery batteries, 2 and a half squadrons of cavalry | 3 Rewolucyjny Pułk Siedlecki, 6 Rewolucyjny Pułk Grodzieński, 1 armored train |
| Casualties and losses | At least 38 killed and 174 wounded | More than 350 POWs, 1 armored train lost |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Surkonty 1944, 22 km
- Battle of Lipniszki 1794, 24 km
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- Battle of Valkininkai 1706, 62 km
- Battle of Murowana Oszmianka 1944, 71 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Bereza Kartuska 14 February 1919
- After: Battle of Warsaw 1920
- All 20 engagements of Polish–Soviet War
Elsewhere in 1919
- Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow United Kingdom
- Battle of Cēsis Latvia
- Greek landing at Smyrna Turkey
- Battle of Paju Estonia
- Battle of Perehonivka Ukraine
Battle of Lida is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 53 in present-day Belarus.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871557, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lida (1919), revision 1370447623, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.