The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-04-02
THE POLISH REVOLUTION.
Details OF tho Fighting-The Conn nd,
Marches and Strategy OF LanGte wlcz.

Marches and strategy OF Langtcwtcz.
Posen March 12) correspondence Of London Times-l
Fights abouRd every direction and rebellion Is deep
ening and extending time rolls on. This Is hardly
favorable moment FOR casting resr3spec,ve tnce ..
been far successful, survey Of their achievements
may be interesting as key 70 the probabilities o. tho
future. have selected for this purpose the military
Of General Iangewicz, being the most promi-
instance OF guerilla warfare under the peculiar cir
cumstances OF the case.
ORGANIZATION ARMS.
The first of the detached bands In the south
TO the south OF Radon situate IN the midst OF wooded
hills, and possessed OF mines and iron works lho place
afforded favorable opportunity for the organization of
tho corps, both point oil equipment and drill. mo
General that time could hardly muster 600 muskets
in his camp. AS for the rest Of his force consistng
Of about 900 men, they had TO be armed with
scythes and swords, the greater part the production
Of their own hands In tho furnaces OF wonchock
But there is an end 70 Russian suggishness.
ON the LIST OF February the General found himself at
tackled by column, which had been advanced from
Kelcc about twenty miles 10 the southwest Of wonchock
another column on tho day after caused him To- remove
his quarters to safer and css accessible locality Tho
second Russian had boen despatched from Radon,
columns intended TO charge the General
simultaneously; but, shall have occasion to notice
the progress Of events, the Russian commanders find
IL impossible rue to keep their appointments and
effect their with the prompnes5 which forms tho
Indispensable requisite guerilla war slow marching
IL not peculiar 10 Russian troops, but hapered by tho
bad roads OF Polish spring. the mid neutrality or tho
violent hatred Of tho inhabitants they never reach their
destination II time 20 catch the bird before II has
flown The battle Of wonchock announced in tho
official paper tho arst destruction Of General Lange'
wicz.
Leaving hs old haunt the 3D. Of February tho Gene
raj moved on TO the hons very den In days march march
and SventkrzyZ, took up a favorable position twenty
nve miles south Of wouchock little less 70 the east Of
Kiece He was now protected by the cliffs and preci-
piccs Of limestone ridge; but finding himself IN the i'm
date vicinity OF Kece centre OF Russian operations,
quarters exposed him to the Inconvenience OF con-
slant sortes and skirmsh@ with the enemy. Again,
however, he allowed days respite before the
only ON the lin that tho Kussians approaching in two
columns from Kelce and Radon 8rst assaulted the mo-
mastery Of svenkrzyz (ioy Cross) and fow hours Ia
Iangiewcs now ia possession OF eight guns and 900
rifles more all OF which had been forwarded 70 him from
Austria repnscd tho attack with consider
SUCCESS and thrustng the enemy out OF his
day and night 10 staszow about forty milos
the south " Supa, and twelve nles distance from tho
Austrian frontier His object this prccipitate march
was 20 keep his communications open with Austratbe
sioehouse great arsenal Of nsurrccton tho earlier
stages Of the movement Hitherto the Gacian frontier
Cracow AMI the Nsula had been entirey
ated by the Russian uoops but as the columns which
charged sinpa retired towards SOUTH the pro
babty Of being shut of from Austria became as imni
nent as II would have been pcrlous.
Ito had not been mistaken ID his guess Hardly had bo
arrived at staszow wnen tho enemy. advancing his
columns tie east and west OF his position, endesvored
raj the time with whole Gordon of dctschments
HIS friends getting anxious for hts safety and the
papers calculated the consequences of defeat
Whatever his talents. Russian ndeuce, however mate
rally Contributed 10 his Arriving at stszow
the 18th tho Russian generals did not grudge him lei
Of several days before returning o. the charge.
Again the interval turned 10 account by the General
procuring and shoes and Increasing his cavalry
to line force Of a thousand and ] have also my
reasons for believing his infantry 20 have reached
| the respectable hgurc of ten Thousand OF ~
| ton, the force. Il existed whole,
has been Immediately broken into number OF sepa
corps On the night OF the nth Russian prepar atons
far advanced allow of the despatch OF
eonnosring party to Staszow. d three thousand men
who entered place, hundred and nifty left
upon the spot. Unless protected by their artillery. the
retreat must have degeDerted into fight the loss
Of the corps But with more scythes than rifles, and In
many rifles than cartridges the Poles ind Il
| hard work 10 kill the enemy after beating him.
| BHs-aKiSG CAMP.
| In tho following day the Polish camp was again
| broken NJ. FINDING the Russians gathering round
! him, the General retraccd his steps towards the
borth ana suddenly turning 70 the west, approached
| kielcc at q distance Of miles thoroabouts.
The tactics OF tho General the reader will hay
perceived by ths time. may be reduced TO . simple
| iornuIa. In secure position. he calmly swsts
The arrival q Rus.sn troops advancing from all points
Of the The inert masses being at length brought
up In suc nt sumbe TO venture an a,tscx the Poles
ter an indecisve conflict OF hour march on
m perect order, and hastenng forty with tho
utmost rapdity take up another POSITION where tbs old
rest always gained for tho prey tho hunter dragging
sowl along his wcaricd limbs and spending all hA time
poos on ~. o.Ser hand PERSIST In svodns pitched Dat
ties Not only would theianger of defeat be immense,
ba, their victories mus, be always complete and result
| 10 the death capture of q number Of enemcs.
How else would be possible 70 procure qual
| con seo,ence and economy
Passing by Kieloe, distance 9f few miles the Gene.
ra on the 18th intercepted party Of Russians return
y from Nscbov with one hundred ttsrty pr
tie proceeds of raid among noabes of the district
he surprise took place At honz. aboet seventy miles 20
he wst of Staszos, and twenty four hours after te
fght " the preceding morning. For the next day =
s ntnbie guerrilla disappears from the scene. Dividing
D. force into half Dozen core, his manGuvres must
Lave infested the entire distance between hiece and Cra
On ,he one and kle!ce and Czeurtocho~ the
| sse In the meantime The Russians ~ho had sanly
.hs sess,ochow, tbs uosi westerly srougnod o. tho
CAr, poured forth ~ thousands 70 okusz, on tho
Callicisn frontier and ~ol6rom, Pllica aud har
! rn0wice Ia the regiDn between Cfao0w aud The
.8uthorn highway Onoe the Eet was ben g
sci in upon General IsngeweA From The
9TH the four above named had been OCCUPIED by
The .ussians fan the bss taszow friends were az
proachng last p-rri,ted IN thc s.e r0sn
- the Kuss frontier, the uor,n being block 90 ~
te gsrfsoDs Of Cxens OchOg end kiecc. Which, ~ vas
% b. feared mlgbt succeed in restoring t"fnmureainn
each othsr To prevent tti. dss.e, Je1sstsnsk
one u bic captains, bad been statoued al ~ sAco
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