Wojciech Chrzanowski

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Wojciech Chrzanowski

Wojciech Chrzanowski (born January 14, 1793 in Biskupice, Galicia , † February 26, 1861 in Paris ) was a Polish general and military theorist.

Chrzanowski received his military training with the Russian army in Warsaw and took part in the campaigns of 1812 and 1813 as an engineer officer. In 1829 he took part in the war against the Turks as a captain in the Russian General Staff .

He took part in the November uprising in Poland in 1830 , seized the Modlin Fortress in 1831 and was soon appointed Chief of the General Staff by Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki . He fought against General Rüdiger on July 14, 1831, a victory at Mińsk Mazowiecki .

Chrzanowski was appointed governor of Warsaw, but was blamed for the unfortunate failure of the city's defenses because he had prevented the National Guard from participating in the fight. Some time later Chrzanowski returned to the Russian service and took his leave as a colonel .

In 1849 he was called to the reorganization of the Piedmontese army in Turin , where he was the chief general in charge in the fateful five-day campaign of 1849. After his defeat at the Battle of Novara on March 23rd, he was released by King Victor Emmanuel II and lived in France and Louisiana .

In addition to his practical work, Chrzanowski wrote some theoretical works, of which his explanations about the partisan war aroused particular interest. The volume appeared as early as 1839 under the title About the Parthizan War: From the Polish. trans. from a Prussian. Officer in Germany. It is still considered to be one of the significant contributions to this topic today.

Wojciech Chrzanowski died in Paris on February 26, 1861.

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SURNAME Chrzanowski, Wojciech
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish general
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Biskupice, Krakow Voivodeship
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1861
Place of death Paris