Polish cavalry
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The Polish cavalry can trace its origins back to the days of medieval cavalry knights. Poland is mostly a country of flatlands and fields and mounted forces operate well in this environment. The knigh
Volunteer Representative Squadron of City of Poznań in uniforms of 15th Poznań Uhlans Regiment
Monument in Warsaw 1000 years of Polish cavalry. "Pancerny" from medieval drużyna of Mieszko I and Polish Uhlan during World War II
Polish-Lithuanian state, late 17th century Towarzysz pancerny
Polish Winged Hussar, wings visible. Painting by Aleksander Orłowski
Battle of Somosierra
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The Battle of Somosierra took place on 30 November 1808, during the Peninsular War, when a combined Franco-Napoleonic Spanish-Polish force under the direct command of Napoleon I forced a passage throu
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…administration to quell a slave revolt. However, perhaps the most notable success of the Polish cavalry in that period (and certainly the best known) is the Battle of Somosierra, a part of the Peninsular War. During his advance on Madrid, Napoleon was blocked on 30 November 1808 by 9,000 Spaniards under General San Juan in the…
The Battle of Somo-Sierra Louis-François Lejeune, 1810
Myrbach painting shows Napoleon conferring with some of the Polish survivors of the charge
Somosierra, by January Suchodolski, 1860
The Charge, part of an unfinished panorama of the battle by Wojciech Kossak and Michał Wywiórski