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4 unusual facts about Battle of Jarosław


Battle of Jarosław

The following day in the area between Przemyśl and Rozwadów, the Polish commander had only 10 battalions of infantry, one battalion of engineers and 42 pieces of artillery at his disposal.

During the night of September 10, the earlier unit moved from the area of Rzeszów through Pruchnik and Zamiechów to Radymno at the San River.

The central area of the line around Jarosław (between Radymno and Sieniawa was manned by four battalions of infantry and 20 guns under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jan Wójcik of the 2nd Legions' Infantry Division.

The Carpathians in the south and the Vistula river to the north provided enough cover for the army to focus on delaying actions in the path of the advancing Germans.



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