Tomasz Dudek
Krakow Archives Annual, XXVIII, 2022, pp. 249-251
https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.22.014.16854Tomasz Dudek
Krakow Archives Annual, XXII, 2016, pp. 71-93
https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.16.003.15049In the article, the author tries to present the fight of the I Brigade of the Polish Legions during the Battle of Kostiuchnówka. This was the bloodiest battle entered into by the Polish legionnaires during World War I. The main burden of the fighting was taken upon itself by Piłsudski’s brigade, which, on 4 July 1916, was attacked by the Russian forces. Particular corps were engaged in fierce fighting in the defence of specific positions. The most difficult episodes included the defence of the Piłsudski Redoubt by soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division, as well as the fierce fighting of the 5th Infantry Division by the River Garbach and in the Polish Forest. Although the result of the murderous fighting of the I Brigade and other units of the legions was their forced retreat across the River Stochód, the Battle ended in a tactical victory for the Polish forces. The legionnaires inflicted huge losses on the Russian army, not allowing them to break through the front-line and buying time for the leadership of the C.K. Army to call up reinforcements. The blood lost by the soldiers in the Battle of Kostiuchnówka was not in vain. Throughout Europe, the necessity to create an independent Polish state was discussed more frequently.
Tomasz Dudek
Krakow Archives Annual, XXI, 2015, pp. 199-201
https://doi.org/10.4467/12332135KRA.15.010.15911