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  Encyclopedia - Itsabove.com
February 25 - Spanish forces are defeated at the Battle of Valls in Catalonia by Marshal St Cyr.
March 29 - The First Battle of Porto ends in disaster as 18,000 Portuguese soldiers are drowned in a rout after defeat by the French under Marshal Soult and the Battle of Medellín results in massive Spanish casualties in Extremadura, when Marshal Victor's cavalry routs their army.
April 19 - Battle of Raszyn between armies of Austria (attackers) and Duchy of Warsaw (defenders) as a part of struggles of the Fifth Coalition (1809).
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 EZGeography - Battle of Warsaw
Battle of Warsaw (1655), Warsaw captured by the Swedes on September 8, 1655, during The Deluge
Battle of Warsaw (1656), Warsaw retaken by Poles on June 30, 1656, during The Deluge
Battle of Raszyn (1920), during the Battle of Warsaw (1920)
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 Battle of Raszyn (1809) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of Raszyn, a 1913 painting by Wojciech Kossak
The first Battle of Raszyn was fought on April 19, 1809 between armies of the Austrian Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw as a part of the War of the Fifth Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars.
The Austrian army under the Archduke Ferdinand invaded the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in April, 1809.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Radzyn   (383 words)

  
 Battle of Raszyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During its long and complicated history, the town of Raszyn in Poland was the site of several battles.
Battle of Raszyn (1809) (April 19, 1809) between armies of Austria (attackers) and Duchy of Warsaw (defenders)
Battle of Raszyn (1920) (August 1920) between the Polish Army and the Red Army, during the Battle of Warsaw
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Raszyn   (129 words)

  
 Battle of Raszyn
In the area of the battle the Mrowa stream was marshy and only crossable at three points by bridges at the villages of Michalowice, Raszyn and Jaworow.
The remaining Polish infantry and the bulk of the Saxon infantry and artillery remained in the centre at Raszyn.
Troop numbers at this battle are low for the area of the battlefield.
homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/vb/scenarios/Raszyn.htm   (2141 words)

  
 SKRZYNECKI - LoveToKnow Article on SKRZYNECKI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
After completing his education at the university of Lemberg, he entered the Pelish Legion formed in the grand duchy of Warsaw, as a con~mon soldier and won his lieutenancy at the battle of Raszyn in 18o9.
At the battle of Leipzig he greatly dIstinguished himself and at Arcis-sur-Aube, in 1814, saved Napoleon from the sudden onslaught of the enemy by sheltering him in the midst of his battalion.
On the formation of the kingdom of Poland in 1815 Skrzynecki was put in command of five infantry regiments of the line, and on joining the insurrection of ~83o Was entrusted with the organization of the Polish army.
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 The Battle of Raszyn, 1809.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The War of 1809 and the Battle of Raszyn.
The Battle of Raszyn was fought in April 1809 between an Austrian and Polish troops as a part of the War of the Fifth Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars.
Raszyn was attacked by Austrian infantry; one column moved directly on Raszyn and another column marched across a wet meadow on the left of the village.
web2.airmail.net /napoleon/Raszyn_battle.htm   (2381 words)

  
 Games Fresh : Article 'Battle of Heligoland'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Battle of Heligoland (or Helgoland) was a battle of the First Schleswig War fought on 9 May 1864 between the navy of Denmark and the allied navies of Austria and Prussia.
Alphabetical list of historical battles (see also Military history, List of battles): NOTE: Where a year has been used to disambiguate battles it is the year when the battle started.
Battle of Vaila) - 1509 - French Wars in Italy Battle of Ain Jalut - 1260 - Mameluk-Mongol Wars Battle of Akraba (632) (a.k.a.
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 Battle of Raszyn, April 19th, 1809
After two hours of house to house fighting, the Austrians were in complete possession of the burning town.
In the historical battle, Austrian forces were anywhere from 2 to 3 times that of the Poles, roughly 30,000 against 10,000.
Nothing like that ratio is presented here on this map, but the Austrian force of around 5,100 (green) outnumbers the Polish/Saxon force (blue) by about 1,700 men.
mastersofthefield.com /ew_map_information/RaszynReadFirst.htm   (480 words)

  
 Wojciech Kossak - Wikimedia Commons
Wojciech Kossak (1857-1942) was a Polish painter and member of the celebrated Kossak family of painters and writers.
Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, oil on canvas, 1886.
Battle of Raszyn (1809), oil on canvas, 1913.
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 Napoleon in Poland - the campaign of 1807 battlefield tour
fter the comprehensive victory over the Prussians at the twin battles of Jena and Auerstadt and the surrender of the main Prussian force at Lubeck in 1806, Napoleon marched eastwards to deal with the might of the Russian Empire.
After ejecting them from the Polish capital Warsaw, the Grand Armee settled into its winter quarters only to be rudely awakened to fight the bloody battle of Eylau under the most inhospitable of conditions in the middle of February 1807.
In early June the campaign resumed resulting in the battles of Heilsberg and the complete victory at Friedland followed by the dramatic meeting of Tsar Alexander and Napoleon on a raft in the middle of the River Nieman at Tilsit, which left the Emperor at the zenith of his power.
www.midastours.co.uk /t077a.html   (560 words)

  
 Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Battle of Raszyn
During its long and complicated history, the town of Raszyn in Poland was the site of several battles.
Battle of Raszyn (1809) (April 19, 1809) between armies of Austria (attackers) and Duchy of Warsaw (defenders)
Battle of Raszyn (1920) (August 1920) between the Polish Army and the Red Army, during the Battle of Warsaw
random.dragonslife.org /battle-of-raszyn/1778   (164 words)

  
 Raszyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
In the neighbourhood of Raszyn there is a longwave broadcasting transmitter of Radio Polonia.
Since 1978 the facility in Raszyn, which aerial mast built in 1949 was with a height of 335 metres the tallest construction in Europe in those days, is used at daytime for transmissions of a second program in the longwave range.
After the collapse of the radio mast in Konstantynow the transmitter in Konstantynow was used until the completation of the new longwave transmitter at Solec Kujawski in 1999 at daytime for transmissions on 198 kHz and at nighttime for such on 225 kHz.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Raszyn.htm   (241 words)

  
 CONK! Encyclopedia: 1809   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
January 16 - Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Corunna.
April 14 - Napoleon defeats Austrians in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
April 19 - Battle of Raszyn between armies of Austria (attackers) and Duchy of Warsaw (defenders) as a part of struggles of the Fifth Coalition (1809).
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 Battle of Raszyn (1809) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Battle of Raszyn (1809) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The Austrian (A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state) army under the (Click link for more info and facts about Archduke Ferdinand) Archduke Ferdinand invaded the (Click link for more info and facts about Grand Duchy of Warsaw) Grand Duchy of Warsaw in April, 1809.
According to it the earlier state lost approximately 50 000 square kilometres of land inhabitated by over 1 900 000 people.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_raszyn_(1809).htm   (269 words)

  
 Napoleon Bonaparte, Historical reconstructions - Reenacting - in napoleonic uniforms.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
In 1993 an idea was envisaged to re-create a historical unit of Polish cavalry set in one of the most colourful periods of military history...
It was formed in spring 1807 and several months later it took part in siege of Grudziądz and fights in Mazurian region.
During the 1809 the regiment was defending Raszyn against the Austrians, fought at Jedlińsk and Wrzawy, but the highest fame it gained conquering in night storm the Zamość.
napoleon.gery.pl /reenacting.php   (553 words)

  
 The Fifth Coalition Map Page
The last battle creation of this founding member of the Hawks before his retirement, this map features all of his characteristic scenery, rich and varied.
The Austrian army has invaded the Duchy of Warsaw, and legendary Polish general Poniatowski, facing heavy odds, manuevres desperatly to hold them back at the town of Raszyn on the Utrata River.
Ironically, this is also said to be the largest battle fought in history to this time with around 300,000 men taking the field.
www.mastersofthefield.com /ew_mod_fifth_coalition_page.htm   (242 words)

  
 Polish army during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Battle of Orsha was one of the biggest battles of XVI Century Europe.
Soon after the battle the Russian fortress of Smolensk surrendered, the tsar was ousted by the boyars and the small Polish army entered Moscow with little opposition.
Dabrowski's infantry and artillery was deployed on the flank of Marshal Mortier's Corps.
web2.airmail.net /napoleon/polish_army.html   (5314 words)

  
 CONK! Encyclopedia: April_19   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord – British General Thomas Gage attempts to confiscate American colonists' firearms.
This was the "shot heard round the world." The British are driven back to Boston, Massachusetts, thus beginning the American Revolutionary War.
1809 - The army of Austria attacks and is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition.
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