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	Battles Round Lemberg (Lvov) - LoveToKnow 1911
		After a short and costly battle, in which the divisional commander and the chief of the general staff were killed, the division was routed and in its flight westward lost the greater part of its artillery irretrievably in a swamp.
		The eight days' battle had ended in a complete victory for the Austro-Hungarian troops, but, owing to the events just described, the complete breakdown of the enemy, which was to be the outcome of the battle, did not follow.
		On the 3rd and 4th there were local battles along the line of its advance, but from Sept. 5 onwards pressure on the I. Army's right wing was so strong that it was forced to give ground and had to be withdrawn behind the line of the Por.
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		Sporadic battles erupted between Polish forces and the Red Army, but the latter was preoccupied with the White counter-revolutionary forces and was steadily retreating on the entire western frontline, from Latvia in the north to Ukraine in the south.
		The Russian forces were intercepted and defeated by Polish cavalry at the Battle of Komarów near Zamość, the greatest cavalry battle since 1813 and one of the last cavalry battles in history.
		Graves of Polish soldiers fallen in the Battle of Warsaw (1920), Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
	feedbus.com /wikis/wikipedia.php?title=Polish-Soviet_War (7748 words)

	Suchmaschine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Before the Battle of Warsaw the 1st Legions Infantry Division comprised three regiments, one of which was armed with German Mauser rifles, a second with French Lebel rifles (carbines), while the third used Russian Mosin rifles.
		The Red Army's defeat was so great and so unexpected that, at the instigation of Pi-sudski's detractors, the Battle of Warsaw is often referred to in Poland as the "Miracle at the Vistula." The Soviet cavalry group that was trying to encircle Warsaw from the west, became helplessly isolated from the main forces.
		On August 17 the advance of Budionny's Cavalry Army toward Lwów was halted at the Battle of Zadwórze, where a small Polish force sacrificed itself to prevent Soviet cavalry from seizing Lwów and stopping vital Polish reinforcements from moving toward Warsaw.
	www.dmoz.ch /lexikon.cgi?sprache=en&q=Polish-Soviet_War_in_1920 (5773 words)

	Uhlan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		After the Battle of Somosierra, Napoleon Bonaparte said that one Polish cavalryman was worth ten French soldiers.
		Among other battles, the Uhlan units took part in the Battle of Komarów of 1920, the last pure cavalry battle in history.
		Instead it was used as a mobile reserve and employed infantry tactics: the soldiers dismounted before the battle and fought as infantry (dragoon), yet retained the high mobility of cavalry.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Uhlan (1086 words)

	Informat.io on Polish Soviet War
		Battle of Warsaw (the "Miracle at the Vistula"), the decisive battle of the Polish-Soviet War.
		Sporadic battles erupted between Polish forces and the Red Army, but the latter was preoccupied with the Russian Civil War and White Russian conterrevolutionary forces and were slowly but steadily retreating on the entire western frontline, from Latvia in the north to Ukraine in the south.
		Graves of Polish soldiers fallen in the Battle of Warsaw (1920), Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
	www.informat.io /?title=polish-soviet-war (6857 words)

	Polish Battle of Thermopylae - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		Battle of Zadwórze (sometimes referred to as the "Polish Thermopylae") was a battle of the Polish-Bolshevik War.
		The battle, lasting roughly 24 hours, resulted in the complete destruction of the Polish forces but at the same time halted the Soviet advance, preventing the forces of Siemion Budionnyi from seizing Lwów and so contributing to the successful defence of Warsaw.
		Because of the heroic defence and high casualties, the battle of Zadwórze was nick-named the "Polish Battle of Thermopylae".
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=11772 (1131 words)

	Magdeburg Sting 1936 - Part III (documents)
		During Battle of Warsaw he failed as a military leader and greatly contributed to soviet defeat.
		However later the Bolsheviks forces sustained a heavy defeat in the Battle of Warsaw, mainly because Budienny's Army was bogged down at Lwów.
		After his army was defeated in the Battle of Komarów (one of the biggest cavalry battles of the world), Budienny was then sent south to fight the Whites in Ukraine and the Crimea.
	www.minelinks.com /war/cavalry_doc.html (1167 words)

	Svetozar Boroevic Von Bojna - LoveToKnow 1911
		Corps in the victorious battle of Komarow, and as commander of the 3rd Army beat off the Russian attacks in the Carpathians until May 1915.
		His name is for ever associated with the II victorious battles fought in the defence against Italian armies twice as numerous as the Austrians and considerably better equipped.
		After the collapse of the monarchy the Yugoslav Government refused the " fl and yellow " general permission to return to his province.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Svetozar_Boroevic_Von_Bojna (207 words)

	Polish-Soviet War - Databank
		Battle of Warsaw (the "Miracle at the Vistula"), the decisive battle of the Polish-Soviet War.
		Sporadic battles erupted between Polish forces and the Red Army, but the latter was preoccupied with the Russian Civil War and White Russian counterrevolutionary forces and were slowly but steadily retreating on the entire western frontline, from Latvia in the north to Ukraine in the south.
		The remains of Budionny's 1st Cavalry Army retreated towards Włodzimierz Wołyński on 6 September and was defeated shortly thereafter at the Battle of Hrubieszów.
	www.notd-aftermath.com /databank/index.php?title=Polish-Soviet_War (8146 words)

	The Field of Honour
		Somewhere on the northern front, Gamerith was wounded and removed from battle to the royal military hospital in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia.
		Milisavljevic was killed on 27 February 1915, during the battle of the Dunajec in Galicia.
		Seidl was wounded in battle on the northern front and taken to fortress hospital No. 8 in Krakau, where he died on 9 December 1914.
	www.geocities.com /enver1908/fieldofhonour.html (4034 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> cavalry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Use of chariots in battle was obsolete by the time of the Persian defeat in the hands of Alexander the Great, but chariots remained in use for ceremonial purposes such as carrying the victorious general in a Roman triumph and among the Gallic and Germanic tribes.
		The last major cavalry battle was the Battle of KomarÃ³w in 1920.
		Heavy cavalry like the Byzantine Cataphract were used as shock troops — they would charge the main body of the enemy and in many cases, their actions decided the outcome of the battle.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/cavalry (4657 words)

	Battle of Krasnik Information
		These maneuvers were to become part of a wider battle, the Battle of Lemberg.
		Instead the battle was more fluid and involved a great deal of cavalry fighting since both sides had five and a half divions of horsemen.
		The battle of Krasnik had set off a chain reaction of engagements along the extensive Galicia front, including the action at Lemberg, in what would be referred to as the Battle of Galicia.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Battle_of_Krasnik (884 words)

	List of battles 1901-2000 - WikiLeasing.com
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		Battle of Peleliu September 17 - A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
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		After the Battle of Jordanów, Maczek's unit faced the entire German XVIII Corps and successfully shielded the southern flank of the Polish forces, along the Beskides.
		It was to form a mobile reserve during the battle for Lwów and allow other Polish units to withdraw towards the Romanian Bridgehead.
		This series of offensive and defensive operations came to be known as the Battle of Falaise in which 14 of German Wehrmacht and SS divisions were trapped in a huge Chambois pocket and subsequently destroyed.
	www.angelfire.com /scifi2/rsolecki/stanislaw_maczek.html (1697 words)

	Third Reich History: August 31
		It was the biggest cavalry battle in the history of war since 1813 and the last great battle in which cavalry was used as such and not as mounted infantry.
		The Battle of Komarów was a complete disaster for the Russian 1st Cavalry Army, which sustained heavy casualties and barely avoided being totally surrounded.
		After the battle, the morale of the 1st Cavalry Army collapsed, and the army which was once the most feared of the Soviet troops was no longer considered an effective fighting force.
	members.tripod.com /dailytrh/0831.html (2241 words)

	Iraq showdown nears: U.S. forces say they're 'ready to roll' to Iraq
		Three other carrier battle groups are ready to steam to the Gulf from east and west and quickly join the Lincoln, if needed.
		The battle group also is occasionally visited by an Iranian spy plane, which the Lincoln's jets chase away.
		Komarow reported from the USS Abraham Lincoln as well as from Kuwait.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2002/021203-iraq02.htm (2170 words)

	Toronto Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Polish cavalry charge at the Battle of Wolodarka, May 29, 1920, slows the Russian offensive.
		The Red Army's defeat was so great and unexpected that, at the instigation of Pilsudski's detractors, the Battle of Warsaw is often referred to in Poland as the "Miracle at the Vistula".
		The Russian forces were intercepted and defeated by Polish cavalry at the Battle of Komarów near Zamosc, the greatest cavalry battle since 1813 and one of the last cavalry battles in history.
	www.torontopost.biz /Info/?Polish-Bolshevik_War (7494 words)

	Polish-Soviet War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sporadic battles erupted between Polish forces and the Red Army, but the latter was preoccupied with the Russian Civil War against the White Russian counter-revolutionary forces and were slowly but steadily retreating on the entire western frontline, from Latvia in the north to Ukraine in the south.
		On August 17, the advance of Budyonny's 1st Cavalry Army toward Lwów was halted at the Battle of Zadwórze, where a small Polish force sacrificed itself to prevent Soviet cavalry from seizing Lwów and stopping vital Polish reinforcements from moving toward Warsaw.
		The remains of Budionny's 1st Cavalry Army retreated towards Volodymyr-Volynskyi on 6 September and was defeated shortly thereafter at the Battle of Hrubieszów.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Polish-Soviet_War.htm (8439 words)

	WW1 Carpathian Front 1914
		Result was a wheel-like series of battles with Austria attacking in the north and Russia attacking in the south.
		The Russian 5th army attacked at Komarov, but was met by the Austrian 4th Army of Gen. Auffenberg who discovered a gap in the Russian right flank and brought up the Austrian 3rd army to turn the flank, and pushed the Russians westward.
		The events that followed the Battle of Zamosc-Komarow revealed the growing Russian strength and the "geographical insecuirty" of the Austrian position.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/ww1/1914k.html (1018 words)

	This Day in History: Polish Forces captured Monte Cassino (World War II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		History Eve of the Battle By mid-August 1920 the Red Army broke all Polish lines of defence and was marching towards Warsaw.
		Battle Among the volunteer units organised in Lwów was a group of soldiers of Major (later a general) Roman Abraham.
		Although this particular battle is not as well known as say the D-Day Invasion, or Pork Chop Hill, or even Tet 68, it is the place where the American military and its members made clear they would win the war and that there really is no substitute for victory.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1634334/posts?page=8 (2561 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Wenzel von Plehve
		For the planned Russian invasion of Galicia at the start of the war Plehve was appointed commander of Fifth Army.
		In Galicia Plehve acted decisively in avoiding the encirclement of his force following the Battle of Komarow.
		The following year Plehve was switched to command of the new Twelfth Army, which he led with distinction in the aftermath of the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes in February 1915 (which saw the Russian Tenth Army defeated by the Germans).
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/plehve.htm (235 words)

	Austro-Hungarian Army - Generaloberst Karl Georg Reichsgraf von Huyn
		Hauer and his division was mainly responsible for reconnaissance and took part in the battle of Krasnik.
		During the battle of Komarów he was engaged as cover for the Army group of Erzherzog Peter Ferdinand.
		In November 1914 he was on the left wing of the 1st army of General Dankl and was then transferred to the Korps Tersztyánszky with the 2nd army further taking part in the battle of Limanowa-Lapanów.
	www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk /biog/hauer.htm (1268 words)

	Cavalry Encyclopedia Article @ 216.92.11.26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These innovations were not particularly successful, however, and soon the charge was revived as the primary mode of employment for European cavalry, although by this time it was delivered in much deeper formations and with greater discipline than before.
		The later phases of the war saw the Federal army developing a truly effective cavalry force fighting as scouts, raiders, and mounted infantry.
		This change was made even more necessary by the development of the machine gun and other weapons which could easily destroy cavalry formations.
	216.92.11.26 /encyclopedia/Cavalry (3653 words)

	uhlan
		Among other battles, the Uhlan units took part in the Battle of Komarów of 1920 against the invading Soviet Konarmia, the last pure cavalry battle in history.In the period between the world wars, the Polish cavalry was reformed, with some units retaining their Uhlan traditions.
		Instead it was used as a mobile reserve and employed infantry tactics: the soldiers dismounted before the battle and fought as infantry (dragoon), yet retained the high mobility of cavalry.
		As late as 1925 Major General von Seecckt, Commander of the Reichsheer, rejected a General Staff proposal that lances be abandoned as unsuited for a modern armyAlthough the Polish cavalrymen retained their sabres, after 1937 the lance was no longer standard issue, but was issued to cavalrymen as an optional weapon of choice.
	webraindor.info /wiki/uhlan (1239 words)

	History of Cavalry
		The chariot was quickly adopted by settled peoples both as a military technology and an object of ceremonial status.
		Chariots were quickly superseded by horses when selective breeding resulted in horses able to carry the weight of a fighting man. They retained ceremonial uses, for instance carrying the victorious general in a Roman triumph.
		The last major cavalry battle was the Battle of Komarów in 1920.
	warriors-wizards.com /history_of_cavalry.htm (1195 words)

	Pygmy Wars - Articles on the Russian civil war, Soviet-Polish War and Freikorps in Latvia
		A study of the Freikorps campaigns in the Baltic in 1919, with particular attention to the Battle of Cēsis.
		An introduction to the campaigns Poland fought against Galician Ukraine and the Soviets in 1919.
		The most famous battle of the Soviet-Polish War of 1920 analysed in some detail.
	pygmy-wars.50megs.com /history/historypages.html (165 words)

	Polish-Soviet War - forum.poland.com
		Battle of Warsaw or Miracle at Vistula, the decisive battle of the war.
		Sporadic battles erupted between Polish forces and the Red Army, but the latter was preoccupied with the Russian Civil War and White Russian conterrevolutionary forces and were slowly but steadily retreating on the entire western frontline, from Latvia in the north to Ukraine in the south.
		On 29 August Budionny´s cavalry moving through weakly defended areas reached the city of Zamo¶æ and attempted to take the city in the battle of Zamo¶æ, but was soon facing increasing number of Polish units which could be spared from the succesfull Warsaw counteroffensive.
	forum.poland.com /index.php?showtopic=1282 (6294 words)

	Cavalry - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		Use of chariots in battle was obsolete by the Persian defeat at the hands of Alexander the Great, but chariots remained in use for ceremonial purposes, for instance carrying the victorious general in a Roman triumph.
		Heavy cavalry like the Byzantine Cataphract were used as shock troops — they would charge the main body of the enemy and in many cases, their actions decided the outcome of the battle.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Cavalry (2823 words)

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