Rogów raid Rogow raid was a train robbery , carried out on November 8 , 1906 , in the village of Rogow , near the city of Lodz , Congress Poland . It was carried out by 49 members of Lodz branch of the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party , under Jozef “ Montwill ” Mirecki . They attacked a Russian Empire mail train , stealing money and securities . In 1927 , the Robotnik newspaper published memoirs of Jan Kwapinski , who himself took part in the raid . In the same year , the memoirs were printed in a book “ Organizacja Bojowa – Katorga – Rewolucja Rosyjska ” , with a foreword by Ignacy Daszynski . As Kwapinski wrote , 1906 was a difficult year for inhabitants of Russian - controlled Congress Poland . They were repressed by Tsarist police and Cossacks of the Russian Imperial Army , and Polish taxpayers had to support them with their money . During one of its meetings , the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party decided to confiscate the money of Polish taxpayers , and use it to fight Tsarist oppression . “ At that time , we had received a number of fantastic mauser rifles . The Combat Organization found out that a Russian train with money would move along the Warsaw – Vienna railway . A rail station of Rogow , located 10 minutes from the hub of Koluszki , was chosen for the raid ” , wrote Kwapinski . Before the raid , selected members of the Combat Organization walked the distance from Rogow to Lodz , to get acquainted with the area . Russian garrisons were stationed in all towns of the region , and to escape capture , the Poles had to quickly cross a forest , which stretched between Koluszki and Brzeziny , in order to get back to Lodz as quickly as possible . “ On the selected day before the raid , we gathered along a rail line between stations Lodz Kaliska and Lodz Widzew . After it got dark , we set on the route towards Rogow , to get there in the morning ( . . . ) Tired after reaching our destination , we waited for the evening , for the mail train going from Russian - Austrian border to Warsaw ” . At around noon , two Combat Organization members were sent to check the situation at the station . To their surprise , a unit of Cossacks from Brzeziny was present there . Their task was to protect governor of the Piotrkow Governorate , who came for an inspection . The Poles , aware of superiority of their Cossack enemies , decided to postpone the raid and returned to Lodz : “ Almost all members of the organization were weavers , who had to return to work at 6 a . m . ( . . . ) Two weeks later , Comrade Grzegorz came to my apartment at Nowa Street , telling me that in two weeks we had to take a train to Rogow . All conspirators were to be armed with rifles and Finnish knives ” . Poles divided themselves into several teams , tasked with capturing the station , cutting off communications links , and keeping all passengers away from the train : “ We arrived at Rogow at 8 : 06 , while the mail train was to arrive here in eleven minutes ( . . . ) We moved quickly , telling all passengers to lie down on the ground . One of our guys threw a bomb into a car full of Russian soldiers . After a few seconds they started to run away ( . . . ) The raid lasted 18 minutes , and when it was over , Comrade Grzegorz thanked us , wishing a safe return to Lodz . We walked for one kilometer towards Warsaw , singing Warszawianka . Then we turned into a dense forest , heading to Lodz . Suddenly we heard noises . We dropped to the ground , watching a unit of Cossacks riding their horses towards the burning Rogow station . As soon as they had disappeared , we crossed the road and kept walking for three and half hours . We were in high spirits , finally reaching Chojny in the suburbs of Lodz . None of us was wounded or arrested . Altogether , 37 , 000 roubles were stolen from the train ” .