Józef Poniatowski
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Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
Colonel Königsfels Teaching Prince Poniatowski to Ride by Bernardo Bellotto, 1773
Stanislaus Augustus of Poland encouraged his nephew to return and serve in the Polish ranks.
Poniatowski in 1792
Kościuszko Uprising
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The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794, Second Polish War, Polish Campaign of 1794, and the Polish Revolution of 1794, was an uprising against the Russian and Prussian influence on Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland-Lithuania and the Prussian partition in 1794. It was a failed attempt to liberate the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from external influence after the Second Partition of Poland (1793) and the creation of the Targowica Confederation.
Tadeusz Kościuszko taking the oath, 24th March 1794
"Battle of Racławice", Jan Matejko, oil on canvas, 1888, National Museum in Kraków. 4 April 1794
Battle of Szczekociny, 1794 by Michał Stachowicz