' s ▁exp ense . ▁ ▁An ▁attempt ▁of ▁Bar ▁Confeder ates ▁( including ▁Cas imir ▁Pul ask i ) ▁to ▁kid nap ▁king ▁Stanisław ▁II ▁August us ▁on ▁ 3 ▁November ▁ 1 7 7 1 ▁led ▁the ▁H abs burg s ▁to ▁withdraw ▁their ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁conf eder ates , ▁exp elling ▁them ▁from ▁their ▁territ ories . ▁It ▁also ▁gave ▁the ▁three ▁courts ▁another ▁pre text ▁to ▁show case ▁the ▁" Pol ish ▁an archy " ▁and ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁its ▁neighb ors ▁to ▁step ▁in ▁and ▁" save " ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁its ▁citizens . ▁ ▁The ▁king ▁there up on ▁revert ed ▁to ▁the ▁Russian ▁fa ction , ▁and ▁for ▁this ▁act ▁target ing ▁their ▁king , ▁the ▁Confeder ation ▁lost ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁support ▁it ▁had ▁in ▁Europe . ▁Nevertheless , ▁its ▁army , ▁thoroughly ▁re organ ized ▁by ▁Dum our iez , ▁maintained ▁the ▁fight . ▁ 1 7 7 1 ▁brought ▁further ▁defe ats , ▁with ▁the ▁defeat ▁at ▁Lan ck or ona ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁May ▁and ▁St ał ow ic ze ▁at ▁ 2 3 ▁October . ▁The ▁final ▁battle ▁of ▁this ▁war ▁was ▁the ▁sie ge ▁of ▁Jas na ▁Gó ra , ▁which ▁fell ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁August ▁ 1 7 7 2 . ▁The ▁reg iments ▁of ▁the ▁Bar ▁Confeder ation , ▁whose ▁executive ▁board ▁had ▁been ▁forced ▁to ▁leave ▁Austria ▁( which ▁previously ▁supported ▁them ) ▁after ▁that ▁country ▁joined ▁the ▁Pr us so - Russ ian