Historical calendar: an anniversary of 1 of the fewer known battles of the Polish-Austrian War of 1809. besides this time the Polish side won.
Today in our calendar, we will look at the circumstances surrounding this clash.
After the celebrated conflict of Raszyn from April 1809, the chief car of Polish forces, Prince Józef Poniatowski made a skillful maneuver. He gave the Austrians Warsaw, and himself, along with his army, entered the first Austrian partition, occupying Lublin, Sandomierz and Zamość. It was then the Austrian troops that had to leave Warsaw to defend their country.
Prince Poniatowski hoped for a general proceeding with the Austrians, hoping to aid the Russians, who were formally allies of France. He didn't know that the Moscals had made a deal with Vienna that they would only pretend to be allies.
Under specified circumstances, Poniatowski, hoping to aid the stationed close the Russian corps, placed his main forces under the Wraves, where he intended to defend himself against the attacking Austrians. Polish troops had about 7 1000 people, and Austrian soldiers under command Archduke Ferdinand d’Este as many as 18,000 people, and thus almost 3 times more.
At noon on June 12 from Gorice side, gunfire was heard and the conflict began. Austrians invaded the village of Pączek, where 9 companies of Polish infantry and 1 weapon were stationed. The Poles repelled 3 storms and forced the opponent to retreat.
He besides launched an attack on the screams themselves. The Poles, despite their many numbers, stopped them, not giving way. Like at Raszyn, they had strong positions that prevented the enemies from utilizing numerical advantage. About 200 Austrians and about 100 Poles died. As a consequence of defeat, the opponent had to go back.
Poniatowski hoped there would be another storm, but it did not happen. Therefore, on 14 June, he withdrew his troops to the right bank of Sanu, to Pniów, along the way destroying the bridge that was built for Russians to aid Poles.
Thanks to this battle, the Polish side found out about the real intentions of Russian. The Tsar quietly supported the Austrians, hoping to take Galicia in return. His attitude made Russia another mark of Napoleon's revolutionary troops.
The site of the conflict is commemorated by a monument erected by the owner of the Scream Baron Kalikst Horoch in 1879.
Previous entry from our calendar is available Here.
