Jan August Cichocki
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Jan August Cichocki was a Polish
military officer and a general of the Polish Army, notable for his service in the Warsaw Uprising (1794)
. Thanks to a scholarship funded by Alois Bruhl, Cichocki studied artillery tactics in Dresden
. Upon his return to Poland, he co-authored the military reforms of 1776-1779. At the same time until May of 1792 he was the commanding officer of the Polish 5th Rifle Regiment , after which he was the creator and the first commander of the Polish 15th Regiment of Foot. One of the commanders of the garrison of Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising (1794)
, he joined the Kościuszko's Uprising soon afterwards. On June 20 Tadeusz Kościuszko
promoted him to the rank of General and nominated him to the post of the commander of the Narew
river front, where however he showed little value as a front commander. Dismissed to some unimportant post in Warsaw, where he died November 18, 1795, and was buried at the Holy Cross cemetery in Warsaw.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
military officer and a general of the Polish Army, notable for his service in the Warsaw Uprising (1794)
Warsaw Uprising (1794)
The Warsaw Uprising of 1794 was an armed Polish insurrection by the city's populace early in the Kościuszko Uprising. Supported by the Polish Army, it aimed to throw off Russian control of the Polish capital city...
. Thanks to a scholarship funded by Alois Bruhl, Cichocki studied artillery tactics in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. Upon his return to Poland, he co-authored the military reforms of 1776-1779. At the same time until May of 1792 he was the commanding officer of the Polish 5th Rifle Regiment , after which he was the creator and the first commander of the Polish 15th Regiment of Foot. One of the commanders of the garrison of Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising (1794)
Warsaw Uprising (1794)
The Warsaw Uprising of 1794 was an armed Polish insurrection by the city's populace early in the Kościuszko Uprising. Supported by the Polish Army, it aimed to throw off Russian control of the Polish capital city...
, he joined the Kościuszko's Uprising soon afterwards. On June 20 Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian and American general and military leader during the Kościuszko Uprising. He is a national hero of Poland, Lithuania, the United States and Belarus...
promoted him to the rank of General and nominated him to the post of the commander of the Narew
Narew
The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river...
river front, where however he showed little value as a front commander. Dismissed to some unimportant post in Warsaw, where he died November 18, 1795, and was buried at the Holy Cross cemetery in Warsaw.