Czarnowo cz is a village

Village

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 in the administrative district of Gmina Pomiechówek

Gmina Pomiechówek

Gmina Pomiechówek is a rural gmina in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It takes its name from the village of Pomiechówek, but its seat is Brody-Parcele, which lies approximately 5 kilometres north-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and 33 km north-west of...

, within Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County

Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County

Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nowy Dwór...

, Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-east of Brody-Parcele

Brody-Parcele

Brody-Parcele is a village in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Pomiechówek. It lies approximately north-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and north-west of Warsaw.The village has a population of 1,600....

 (the gmina seat), 8 km (5 mi) north-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki

Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki

Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with ca. 42500 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship ; previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodeship...

, and 33 km (21 mi) north-west of Warsaw

Warsaw

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. The village is on the north bank of the Narew

Narew

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 River, a short distance east of the point where the Wkra

Wkra

Wkra is a river in north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew river, with a length of 249 kilometres and the basin area of 5,322 km². .Towns and townships:* Bieżuń* Radzanów* Strzegowo* Glinojeck* Sochocin...

 River flows into it from the north.

History

The Battle of Czarnowo

Battle of Czarnowo

The Battle of Czarnowo on the night of 23–24 December 1806 saw troops of the First French Empire under the eye of Emperor Napoleon I launch an evening assault crossing of the Wkra River against Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy's defending Russian Empire forces...

 was fought on 23–24 December 1806 during the War of the Fourth Coalition

War of the Fourth Coalition

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, part of the Napoleonic Wars

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. French soldiers under the command of Marshal

Marshal of France

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 Louis-Nicolas Davout forced a crossing of the Wkra near Pomiechowo

Pomiechowo

Pomiechowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pomiechówek, within Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Brody-Parcele , north-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, and north-west of Warsaw.-References:...

. When they advanced eastward to Czarnowo they were fiercely resisted by Russian troops led by Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General

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 Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy

Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy

Alexander Ivanovich Count Osterman-Tolstoy was a Russian nobleman and soldier in the era of the French Revolutionary Wars...

in an all-night contest. In the early morning hours of the 24th, Ostermann-Tolstoy ordered a retreat. The fighting caused about 1,400 casualties on each side.