In July 1938 The Battalion took part in the Battle of the Ebro crossing the river and initially advancing quickly attacking and capturing many Nationalist troops at La Venta de Camposines, before moving on to near Gandesa.[2] By September 1938 they were dug in defending a difficult position on the road from Corbera d'Ebre under constant bombardment and machine gun fire, the only respite being at night. They continued to dig trenches and lay barbed wire. After an artillery bombardment, the Battalion continued a heroic defence against tanks and cavalry which saw many of their best men killed, before the order for withdrawal came.[3]
mickiewicz, battalion, confused, with, mickiewicz, legion, volunteer, battalion, international, brigades, during, spanish, civil, formed, part, xiii, international, brigade, from, october, 1937, until, september, 1938, when, international, brigades, were, disb. Not to be confused with Mickiewicz s Legion The Mickiewicz Battalion was a volunteer battalion of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War It formed part of the XIII International Brigade from 27 October 1937 until 23 September 1938 when the International Brigades were disbanded 1 It was named after Adam Mickiewicz 1798 1855 a Polish poet and patriot Mickiewicz BattalionActive1937 1938CountryPolishAllegiance Republican SpainBranchInternational BrigadesTypeInfantry battalionPart ofXIII International BrigadeEngagementsBattle of the EbroCommandersNotablecommandersFranek Ksiezarczyk In July 1938 The Battalion took part in the Battle of the Ebro crossing the river and initially advancing quickly attacking and capturing many Nationalist troops at La Venta de Camposines before moving on to near Gandesa 2 By September 1938 they were dug in defending a difficult position on the road from Corbera d Ebre under constant bombardment and machine gun fire the only respite being at night They continued to dig trenches and lay barbed wire After an artillery bombardment the Battalion continued a heroic defence against tanks and cavalry which saw many of their best men killed before the order for withdrawal came 3 Personnel editFranek Ksiezarczyk 4 commander Mieczyslaw Schleyen 5 political commissar Zygmunt Molojec 2 References edit Clifford Alexander 2020 Fighting for Spain Yorkshire Pen amp Sword Military p 238 ISBN 978 1 52677 438 5 a b Tremlett Giles 2020 The International Brigades London Bloomsbury Publishing pp 473 474 ISBN 978 1 4088 5398 6 Tremlett 2020 p 503 504 Tremlett 2020 p 503 Tremlett 2020 p 503 nbsp This article about the Spanish Civil War is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mickiewicz Battalion amp oldid 1143377521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
