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COMMANDER // 1793–1861

Wojciech Chrzanowski

colonelPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth2 battles1 war

Lifespan

1793 – 1861

1800181018201830184018501860First Italian War of Independence · 1848-1849Battle of Mortara — March 21, 1849 · Piedmont-Sardinia · First Italian War of IndependenceBattle of Novara — March 23, 1849 · Sardinia · First Italian War of Independence

Active service 1849 — 2 battles across 1 war; first command at age 56.

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Wojciech Chrzanowski was a Polish general who participated in Napoleon's Russian campaign and in the battles of Leipzig, Paris, and Waterloo. After Napoleon's final defeat he served in the national army of Poland, and served in the Imperial Russian Army under Hans Karl von Diebitsch against the Ottoman Empire in 1828/29. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari.

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Battles (2)

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