Scythemen, also known as scythe-bearers is the term for soldiers (often peasants and townspeople) armed with war scythes. First appearing in the Kościuszko...
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and Silesian Uprising in 1921. The description of a fighting unit as "scythemen" was used in Poland as late as 1939; however, the Gdynia "kosynierzy"...
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personally leading an infantry charge of peasant volunteers (kosynierzy, scythemen). Nonetheless, this Russian defeat was not strategically significant,...
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coat-of-arms. In Poland, especially regions surrounding Kraków, the memory of Scythemen (Polish: Kosynierzy) of the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising is still vivid and...
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2nd Kraków Grenadier Regiment was a scythemen regiment of the insurrection army during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. Both 1st and 2nd regiments were...
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ordered a retreat from the town. He left about 500 scythemen to cover the retreat of the main forces. Scythemen attacked the Russian left flank and routed Russian...
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led a bayonet charge when the Russians fled, followed closely by the scythemen.: 186 The Polish Order of Battle was as follows: In addition, Lesser...
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Emilia Plater leading scythemen 1831...
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Polish organisation was founded called Towarzystwo Kosynierów (Society of Scythemen). Resistance activity of Poles resulted in reaction from Berlin, where...
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Emilia Plater leading peasant scythemen; painted by Jan Rosen...
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wouldn't". Tapestry, a 2019 board game also designed by Jamey Stegmaier. Scythemen, soldiers armed with war scythes. Zimmerman, Aaron (July 30, 2016). "Scythe...
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a 500-man Jewish regiment of Berek Joselewicz as well as a number of scythemen (2,000 men) and civilians, plus 5,000 regular cavalry. The total number...
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They Feed and Defend is a motto originally used by the scythemen regiments of the insurgent forces during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. Since then...
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Galician slaughter Kasy Stefczyka Kościuszko Uprising Battle of Racławice Scythemen Lanckorona Pact Land reform in Poland Organic work Peasants' movement...
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(The Charge at Węgrów), in which he compared the attack of the Polish scythemen troops on Russian cannon to the heroic deeds of the ancient Spartiates...
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form large units composed of peasants armed with scythes, called the "scythemen".: 184 To destroy the still weak opposition, Russian Empress Catherine...
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Grenadier Regiment (Polish: 1 Regiment Grenadierów Krakowskich) was a scythemen regiment of the insurrection army during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794...
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by Kołyszko, the middle by Sierakowski, and in the right wing were the scythemen led by Mackevičius. They had to attack the confused enemy and cut off...
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of Mokronowski from Lithuania for a total of 6,000 regulars and 10,000 scythemen, with 28 guns. For the Russians, the assault was successful, the Poles...
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home; up to 4,000 were sent to Kiev, – from the regular army, without the scythemen, who were set at liberty with other non-military men. Many writers call...
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battles of the January Uprising. Several hundred Polish insurgents, mostly scythemen and some armed with sticks, planned to attack the town of Lubartów, Congress...
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