SKRZYNECKI  , JAI'IZYGMUNT (1787-186o), See also:

• POLISH

Polish See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• GALICIA (Ger. Galizien; Pol. Halicz)
• GALICIA (the ancient Gallaecia or Callaecia, KaMauci,a or KaXau da)

Galicia in 1787 . After completing his See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the university of See also:

• LEMBERG (Pol. Lwdw, Lat. Leopolis)

Lemberg, he entered the Polish See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion formed in the See also:

• GRAND

grand duchy of See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw, as a See also:

• COMMON

common soldier and won his lieutenancy at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Raszyn in ',Soo . At the battle of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig he greatly distinguished himself and at Arcis-sur-See also:

• AUBE

Aube, in 1814, saved See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon from the sudden onslaught of the enemy by sheltering him in the midst of his See also:

• BATTALION

battalion . On the formation of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland in 18,15 Skrzynecki was put in command of five See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry regiments of the See also:

• LINE

line, and on joining the insurrection of r83o was entrusted with the organization of the Polish See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . After the battle of Grochow, he superseded See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince Radziwill as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief; but avoided all decisive operations as he hoped for the pacific intervention of the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

Powers in favour of Poland . In the beginning of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1831 he even entered into See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field-See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal See also:

• DIEBITSCH, HANS KARL FRIEDRICH ANTON

Diebitsch, who was taken very See also:

• ILL

ill both at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and See also:

• LONDON

London . When at last Skrzynecki did take the offensive his opportunity was gone, and he committed more than one See also:

• TACTICAL

tactical blunder . At Ostrolenka (26th of May 1831) he showed his usual valour and considerable ability, but after a bloody contest Diebitsch prevailed and Skrzynecki See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell back upon Warsaw, where he demanded a reconstruction of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government and his own See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

dictator . To this the See also:

• DIET

diet would not consent, though it gave Skrzynecki a See also:

• VOTE

vote of confidence . But public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion was now See also:

• RUNNING

running strongly against him and he was forced on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, in his See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp at Bolimow, to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place his resignation in the hands of his successor, Dembinski . Skrzynecki thereupon joined a guerilla See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps and on the 22nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian territory . Subsequently he resided at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, but migrated to See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels where he was made commander in chief of the Belgian army, an appointment he was forced to resign by the combined and emphatic protest of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, in 1839 .

With the permission of the Austrian government he finally settled at See also:

• CRACOW (Pol. Krakov; Ger. Krakau)

Cracow, where be died in 186o . Skrzynecki 'vas remarkable for l See also:

• PERSONAL

personal dourageand made an excellent general of divisidi, h, he was unequal to the heavier responsibility of supreme command, and<did much harm in that capacity by his irresolution . He wrote Two Victorious Days (Pol.) (Warsaw, t831); and See also:

• MES

Mes Erreurs (Paris, 1835) . See S . J . N . See also:

• MONTALEMBERT, CHARLES FORBES RENE DE (1810-1870)
• MONTALEMBERT, MARC

Montalembert'et sa correspondance inidite avec le generalisssme Skrzynecki (Montligeon, 19o3) ; Ignacy Pradzynski, The last fear Polish Commanders (Pol.) (See also:

• POSEN
• POSEN (Polish Poznan)

Posen, 1865) . (R . N .