Marik96
Veteran
2e Polskiej Straży Legion
Dąbrowski's Legions were first used against Austrians in Italy, where Poles who had a natural sympathy for people fighting for their own independence saw the Italian cause for independence as similar to that of their own. Early on, the Legions, numbering about 6,000 and including many Polish deserters from the Austrian army, proved to be a valuable military asset; in March 1797 they garrisoned Mantua, later they quelled peasant unrest in Rimini and retook Verona. In May 1798 the Poles helped the French to capture and later, garrison, Rome. Later they fought the anti-French forces from the Kingdom of Naples, defeating them at Magliano on 1 December and Civita Castellana at 4 December. Later, the Polish Legion would take Gaeta fortress.
In 1798, General Józef Zajączek organized the Second Polish Legion under the French. In 1799, Karol Kniaziewicz organized the Third Legion (the Danube Legion) to fight against the Austrians in Bavaria. The Poles could not choose all their fights. Their morale weakened when, instead of being sent against the partitioners of Poland, they were used by the French to put down uprisings (like that in the Papal States). Particularly during treaty negotiations between the French and Austrians, the French were finding the Polish issue to be a problem. It was then that the future Polish national anthem, Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, was created by Józef Wybicki, with words promising 'the return of the Polish army from Italy to Poland'.
During the War of the Second Coalition, the First Legion fought against the Russians at Trebbia (17–19 June 1799) where it acted as the rearguard of retreating French forces. Polish legionaries under General Dądrowski fought at Novi (15 July 1799), where Russian and Austrian armies defeated the French army. The Second Legion suffered heavily; particularly in the first battles on the Adige (26 March, 4 April 1799) - where it also acted as the rear guard to the retreating French. It also suffered in the battle of Mantua (April-July), when French commander Foissac-Latour decided to release Polish soldiers under general Wielhorski into Austrian custody as Austrians claimed them to be deserters. Polish forces also fought in the battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December 1800.
The end of the Polish Legions came with the end of Napoleon's career and the existence of the Duchy of Warsaw. The Duchy was occupied by Prussian and Russian troops following Napoleon's retreat from Russia. When Napoleon was forced into exile on Elba, the only unit he was allowed to have with him as the guards were the Polish Lancers. During the 1815 campaign (Napoleon's Hundred Days) 325 men under Colonel Golaszewski were the last of the famous Vistula Legion to fight under Napoleon. Poles remained loyal to him until the bitter end, with Polish units holding their ground at his last battles (battle of Leipzig and battle of Waterloo). In 1815, when the Duchy of Warsaw was formally partitioned between Prussia and Russia at the Congress of Vienna (in what is sometimes known as the Fourth Partition of Poland), and Napoleon relieved of his honour guard, the Legions ceased to exist. Yet even today the memory of Napoleon's Polish Legions is strong, and Napoleon himself is often regarded in Poland as a hero and liberator
In 1798, General Józef Zajączek organized the Second Polish Legion under the French. In 1799, Karol Kniaziewicz organized the Third Legion (the Danube Legion) to fight against the Austrians in Bavaria. The Poles could not choose all their fights. Their morale weakened when, instead of being sent against the partitioners of Poland, they were used by the French to put down uprisings (like that in the Papal States). Particularly during treaty negotiations between the French and Austrians, the French were finding the Polish issue to be a problem. It was then that the future Polish national anthem, Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, was created by Józef Wybicki, with words promising 'the return of the Polish army from Italy to Poland'.
During the War of the Second Coalition, the First Legion fought against the Russians at Trebbia (17–19 June 1799) where it acted as the rearguard of retreating French forces. Polish legionaries under General Dądrowski fought at Novi (15 July 1799), where Russian and Austrian armies defeated the French army. The Second Legion suffered heavily; particularly in the first battles on the Adige (26 March, 4 April 1799) - where it also acted as the rear guard to the retreating French. It also suffered in the battle of Mantua (April-July), when French commander Foissac-Latour decided to release Polish soldiers under general Wielhorski into Austrian custody as Austrians claimed them to be deserters. Polish forces also fought in the battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December 1800.
The end of the Polish Legions came with the end of Napoleon's career and the existence of the Duchy of Warsaw. The Duchy was occupied by Prussian and Russian troops following Napoleon's retreat from Russia. When Napoleon was forced into exile on Elba, the only unit he was allowed to have with him as the guards were the Polish Lancers. During the 1815 campaign (Napoleon's Hundred Days) 325 men under Colonel Golaszewski were the last of the famous Vistula Legion to fight under Napoleon. Poles remained loyal to him until the bitter end, with Polish units holding their ground at his last battles (battle of Leipzig and battle of Waterloo). In 1815, when the Duchy of Warsaw was formally partitioned between Prussia and Russia at the Congress of Vienna (in what is sometimes known as the Fourth Partition of Poland), and Napoleon relieved of his honour guard, the Legions ceased to exist. Yet even today the memory of Napoleon's Polish Legions is strong, and Napoleon himself is often regarded in Poland as a hero and liberator
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