Battle of Batorz

The Battle of Batorz, one of many clashes of the January Uprising, took place on September 6, 1863, on a hill called Sowia Gora, located near the village of Batorz, which at that time belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A party of 700 Polish rebels, together with Hungarian volunteers and commanded by Marcin Borelowski, clashed with soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army. The battle resulted in Russian victory.

After the Battle of Panasowka, Borelowski ordered his party to march towards Goraj. When the rebels reached the village of Otrocz, they decided to rest there for a while, unaware of the Cossack presence in the area. The Cossacks surrounded them and attacked both from front and rear. Polish unit was completely destroyed, with Borelowski himself killed. Among those killed also was baron Wallisch, a Hungarian volunteer. The dead were buried in a mass grave at a Batorz cemetery. In 1933, a symbolic mound was created on the site of the battle.