Antoni Antoni Giełgud
- Birth Date:
- 00.00.1792
- Death date:
- 13.07.1831
- Extra names:
- Antanas Gelgaudas, Antoni Giełgud
- Categories:
- General, Independece fighter, Nobleman, landlord
- Nationality:
- lithuanian, pole
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Antoni Giełgud of Giełgud (1792-1831) was a Polish military officer, a general of the Polish Army. During the Napoleon's invasion of Russia he financed and commanded the creation of the 21st Infantry Regiment, which he led since 1821. During the November Uprising he returned to active service and initially served as a commanding officer of the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division under Jan Krukowiecki. A hero of the battles of Wawer and Białołęka, he was given command over the entire 2nd Infantry Division. He covered the retreat of Polish forces after the battle of Ostrołęka, but got separated from the main force and decided to head for Lithuania instead.
He defeated the Russians in the Battle of Rajgród, but his assault of Wilno failed and his corps composed of his own division and the forces of Dezydery Chłapowski have lost over 2000 men in the battle of Ponary. Unable to return to Polish main forces at that time converging on Warsaw, he decided to head of Memel, where he was expecting to receive foreign reinforcements. En route however all three of Giełgud's columns were intercepted by the Russians and forced to cross the Prussian border. Giełgud himself soon after crossing the border was shot dead by one of his staff officers, enraged by his poor command. He died 31 August 1831 in the village of Schnaugsten (modern Šnaukštai, Lithuania) and was buried in a nearby town of Kisin (modern Kisiniai), 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Memel.
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29.11.1830 | November Uprising
The November Uprising (1830–31), Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress Poland's military academy revolted, led by lieutenant Piotr Wysocki. They were soon joined by large segments of Polish society, and the insurrection spread to the territories of Lithuania, western Belarus, and the right-bank of Ukraine. Despite some local successes, the uprising was eventually crushed by a numerically superior Imperial Russian Army under Ivan Paskevich. Czar Nicholas I decreed that henceforth Poland was an integral part of Russia, with Warsaw little more than a military garrison, its university closed.
24.02.1831 | Battle of Białołęka
The Battle of Białołęka was fought from February 24 to February 25, 1831, in the village of Białołęka, Poland, during the November Uprising. Though the Polish forces were victorious over the Russians, the outcome was not decisive, and was inconclusive in the scope of the larger Russo-Polish War.
26.05.1831 | Battle of Ostrołęka
The Battle of Ostrołęka of 26 May 1831 was one of the largest engagements of Poland's November Uprising. Throughout the day, Polish forces under Jan Skrzynecki fought for the control over the town of Ostrołęka against the assaulting Russian forces of Hans Karl von Diebitsch. Although by the end of the day the town was still in Polish hands and the two sides suffered comparable losses, the battle is usually considered a Polish defeat because of the Russian army's almost unlimited strategic reinforcement capability. The Polish Army could not similarly replenish its casualties.