arcelin

arcelin – Village. 17 of August 1920 r. between Arcelin and Ćwiklin, Polish troops 9 Cavalry Brigades under the command of Maj. Jan Głogowski was stopped by the Bolshevik march to the west 52 i 53 Rifle Brigade of 18 The Rifle Division supported from the north. two brigades with 54 The Rifle Division. The cavalry charge was decisive for the fate of the battle 1 of the cavalry regiment, Maj. Głogowski, supported 201 with a regiment of cavalrymen, Maj. Stefan Kulesza (both regiments were joined before the battle of 9 Cavalry Brigade). The charge of a brigade formed by four squadron lines on the many times more numerous Bolshevik infantry dispersed it, and then a chaotic escape. Captured approx. 700 Bolshevik soldiers. After this battle, the Bolshevik 18 The Rifle Division began its retreat.

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