Independent Cavalry Brigade. After the reorganization of Polish Cavalry in 1932 he commanded the Baranowicze cavalry brigade of the Border Defence Corps and then the Nowogródek Cavalry Brigade. Since 1937 he served as the commander of the Pomeranian Cavalry Brigade. At the start of the invasion of Poland in 1939, he commanded his unit as the core of the Czersk Operational Group which was to shield the Vistula river crossings against the German offensive and to protect the flanks of the Pomorze Army. After that unit's defeat in the battle of Tuchola Forest, he withdrew with the remnants of his unit to the south. During the Battle of the Bzura River he commanded a small improvised infantry unit, with which he headed for Warsaw after the Polish defeat in the battle. On 18 September 1939, he was heavily wounded in the village of Tułowice and died of wounds the following day. Initially buried on the spot, in 1952 his body was exhumed and moved to Warsaw's Powązki Military Cemetery. Awards Virtuti Militari, Golden Cross; previously awarded the Silver Cross Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross; previously awarded the Officer's Cross Cross of Independence Cross of Merit, Golden) Cross of Valour 4x times Légion d'honneur, Commander's Cross (France); previously awarded the Knight's Cross Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class II (Estonia, 1936) References 1894 births 1939 deaths People from Sandomierz County People from Radom Governorate Clan of Bogoria Polish generals Polish legionnaires (World War I) Polish people of the Polish–Ukrainian War Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War People of the Polish May Coup (pro-government side) Polish military personnel killed in World War II Recipients of the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Cross of Independence Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class II Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery