Battle of Mrzygłód

The Battle of Mrzyglod took place on March 1, 1863 near the village of Mrzyglod (now a district of Myszkow), Russian-controlled Congress Poland. It was one of many skirmishes of the January Uprising, the anti-Russian rebellion of Poles. The battle resulted in Polish victory.

After a skirmish near the village of Panki, a party of Polish rebels under Teodor Cieszkowski came to the town of Mrzyglod, on February 28, 1863. The Russians, tipped by their informers, transferred here a unit of the Imperial Russian Army, which arrived at Mrzyglod by the Warsaw–Vienna railway. After two attacks, which were repulsed by the rebels, Russian forces decided to withdraw towards Czestochowa, as their rear was exposed to another local rebel unit.

On March 1, 1933, the 70th anniversary of the skirmish, a monument dedicated to the rebellion was unveiled at the market square in Mrzyglod.