The Galician Uprising of 1809 was a Polish armed uprising against the Austrian Empire led by Piotr Strzyżewski during the Polish-Austrian War. The rebellion ended with Insurgent military victory.[1]
| Galician Uprising | |||||||||
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| Part of Austro-Polish War | |||||||||
 The entry of Polish troops into Krakow on July 15, 1809, painting by Marcin Stachowicz | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Duchy of Warsaw |
 Austrian Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Piotr Strzyżewski Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski |
Archduke Ferdinand Christian Wurmser | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 6,000-7,000 soldiers | 15,000 soldiers | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
Background
editThe territory of Galicia has been under the Austrian Control since 1772. [2] The creation of Duchy of Warsaw led to the idea of an armed uprising being more popular among the population.
After the Battle of Raszyn the Austrian forces succesfully captured Warsaw, forcing Józef Poniatowski to retreat and assume defensive positions on The Vistula River.[3] The Austrian forces failed to defeat Poniatowski's defences, which allowed his army to use that situation to capture many cities (such as: Kock, Lublin, Sandomierz and Zamość), including Lviv, which became the headquarters of the Provisional Central Military Government of Galicia.[3]
References
edit- ^ Dudziński, Jarosław (2007). "Działania Piotra Strzyżewskiego w Galicji Wschodniej w czasie wojny polsko-austriackiej w 1809 roku". napoleon.org.pl. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ Davies, Norman (2005-02-24). God's Playground A History of Poland: Volume II: 1795 to the Present. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-925340-1.
- ^ a b Czubaty, Jarosław (2011). Księstwo Warszawskie: 1807-1815. Biblioteka humanisty (Wyd. 1 ed.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. ISBN 978-83-235-0811-3.