the evening of September 5, Polish units began a general retreat, and Śmiały left towards Skierniewice, Łowicz, and Warsaw. On September 8, the train arrived at Siedlce, then via Łuków it came to Brześć nad Bugiem, arriving there on September 14. Near the station of Żabinka, Śmiały repulsed the attack of the 10th Panzer Division. In the afternoon of September 14, the Wehrmacht captured the main rail station at Brześć, and Śmiały withdrew to Kowel, then to Łuck, where it arrived on September 16. The next day, after news of the Soviet invasion of Poland reached its crew, the train headed southwards, to Lwów, where it arrived on September 18. Śmiały operated in the area of the Lwów-Łyczaków rail station, supporting Polish infantry in the Battle of Lwów. On September 19, it took part in a raid on Kamionka Strumiłowa, returning to the Lwów-Podzamcze station in the evening. After the capitulation of Polish forces in the city, the train was abandoned by its crew, and seized by the Red Army, possibly along with the Bartosz Głowacki (PP 55). See also Armoured trains of Poland List of armoured trains References Armoured trains of Poland