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Obelisk of the 18th Light Artillery Regiment

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    November 3, 2022

    18th Light Artillery Regiment (18 pal) - a light artillery unit of the Polish Army in France and the Polish Army during the Second Polish Republic.

    The regiment was formed in Italy in February 1919 as the 2nd field artillery regiment. In spring, it was transported to France in the vicinity of Lure, where it received armaments and military equipment from the French 275th field artillery regiment. After reorganization, the unit was renamed the 7th Field Artillery Regiment. In June he came to Poland, and in September his squadrons went to the front. On March 7, 1920, the regiment changed its name to the 18th Kresy Field Artillery Regiment. The regiment, initially part of the General Bonnin Group, and later the 18th Infantry Division, fought in Podolia, took part in the Kiev expedition, became famous for the battles with Budyonny's 1st Cavalry Army, defended the Warsaw direction, to fight victorious battles at the end of the Polish-Bolshevik war. Volhynia and Podolia. In autumn 1921 the regiment was transferred to Łomża, and later to Ostrów Mazowiecka [4] and housed in the Różan barracks [

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      In October 1918, the Italian government agreed to recruit to Polish units, formed from prisoners of the Austro-Hungarian army, who were an integral part of the army of General Józef Haller. On February 15, 1919, the formation of the 2nd field artillery regiment began at the La Mandria di Chivasso camp. The commander was Cpt. Jan Chlebek, and his adjutant Lieutenant Józef Wartanowicz. The batteries had 1-2 officers and 175 gunners each. By March 10, 12 batteries had been formed, of which the 9th and 11th consisted of older soldiers, and the 12th was to constitute a staff sub-unit. The regiment did not have any weapons, and the soldiers practiced drills, gymnastics and communication service. The education was conducted according to translated French regulations
      pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/18_Pu%C5%82k_Artylerii_Lekkiej

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        The standard standard of the 1927 pattern, funded by the society of Ostrów Mazowiecka, handed over in Warsaw on May 26, 1938, the godparents of the regimental mark were the mayor of Ostrów Mazowiecka, Leon Czarniecki, and the wife of the staroste, Mrs. Rybicka.
        muzeumwp.pl/emwpaedia/sztandar-18-pulku-artylerii-lekkiej-z-ostrowi-mazowieckiej.php

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