he stood, waiting. "Battle" In the early twilight the first column to reach the field was Pereyaslavl Regiment from north-east, Pashkov put his guns in line under Polish artillery shelling and dismounted the 1st Troop to protect them from Polish cavalry, then he ordered the 2nd Troop to engage the northern detachment of Polish cavalry. Then the 2nd Troop started on Poles, who, in turn, started on them, and then... without a clash 2nd Troop just turned their backs on Poles and went into forest. The 3rd Troop, still mounted, followed. Narrow road was of little to no help at this point. The 1st Troop and the artillery men, who barely shot their guns, were left to withstand the fierce attack of Polish Uhlans. This was the only battle which really occurred that night. While Polish Uhlans were busy finishing the Russian gunners and dismounted jaegers to the north and north-east of Polish position, Geismar himself arrived to his launch position, put his guns to the north of his troops and—unaware of the fate of Pashkov's troops—prepared to send the 3rd Troop of his Regiment into the battle from the south-east. But there was Polish cavalry again—in close formation and ready for fight. And the history repeated itself—the 3rd Troop just started on the Poles but turned back on them without any clash and rode away to safety by the very same road on which they had just arrived. Geismar, deeply shocked by their behaviour, took personal command of the 2nd Troop asking them to join him in the charge, but the 2nd Troop just followed the 3rd. The 1st Troop followed them without hesitation, leaving baron Geismar and some of their officers at the field and been pursued by Polish Uhlans, who visibly enjoyed such a pleasant war. Aftermath Poles In a quarter of an hour, with 46 killed and 59 wounded—mostly by several shells which Pashkov's artillery men managed to fire—Polish forces achieved the great result of scaring out the two Russian regular cavalry regiments with some 280 killed, 230 taken prisoner and 8 cannon lost. Two of the cannons the Russians were lucky enough to bring to safety due to them not being ready at the time of the Polish attack, still being attached to the horse harness's. Geismar and Pashkov themselves survived rather by chance. The battle of Stoczek was the first Polish victory in the