104th Company of Syndicalists 104 Company of Syndicalists ( ) was a military unit created by the Union of Polish Syndicalists ( " Związek Syndykalistów Polskich " ) , which participated in the Warsaw Uprising . Formation and structure . It was formed in Warsaw district of Old Town on August 1 , 1944 , on the first day of the Uprising , as part of Company Rog of the Northern Group of the Home Army , under Colonel Karol Ziemski ( nom de guerre " Wachnowski " ) . The 104 Company itself was commanded by Lieutenant Kazimierz Puczyński ( nom de guerre " Wronski " ) , and his deputy was Witold Potz ( nom de guerre " Koperski " ) . It consisted of three assault platoons , a reserve platoon , and two labor platoons . The assault platoons were commanded by the following officers : Also , it had a unit of Military Service of Women , commanded by Maria Oneker , who died on August 22 , 1944 , and was replaced by Zofia Garnysz - Strzemięczna . Participation in the Warsaw Uprising . First days . At first , the Company had around 50 soldiers , but it quickly grew in size , with numerous volunteers joining . On the first day of the Uprising , it took part in two failed attacks on a school located at Barokowa street , in which a German hospital was located . Also , it attacked the " Polish Securities Printing House " building , capturing it on the night of August 1 / 2 . On the third day of the Uprising , it had some 360 soldiers , who , however , lacked weapons . The situation improved when the Poles captured Krasiński Palace and seized German guns and grenades as well as 42 German POWs . The Company was not only engaged in fighting . It had its own field bakery , which made bread , distributed to civilian population , as well as a field hospital , led by doctor Adam Krakowski . Furthermore , it had its own press service , consisting of members of the Union of Polish Syndicalists . It published two magazines - " Iskra " and " Syndykalista " . After heavy fights in the first weeks of August 1944 , the Company became the best - equipped Polish unit in the area of the Old Town . It participated in capture of the " PASTA " skyscraper and in skirmishes around Warsaw ’ s Royal Castle . Then , under pressure from the Germans , it organized defence of the Old Town , including St . John ’ s Cathedral . In the second half of August , the Company created its headquarters in the so - called " Professors ’ House " , at 12 Brzozowa Street , where it stayed until general retreat from the district . During several skirmishes back then , the Company used red - black flags of Anarcho - syndicalists , which was at odds with the Home Army ’ s Military police , which demanded replacement of the flag with the Polish one and change the name of the Company into 104 Company of the Home Army . It has been estimated that losses ( KIA , MIA and WIA ) of the unit reached more than 50 % of its personnel . Final days . In late August 1944 the company , numbering only around 100 soldiers , evacuated through the sewage canals to the Warszawa - Śródmieście ( Warsas city center ) . There , it became part of the " Boncza " Battalion , and took part in fighting in the district of Powiśle , during which the Company was further depleted . The Assault Platoon , with 26 men managed to get to Czerniaków , where it became engaged in heavy fighting . In early September , parts of the company carried out rearguard actions during the evacuation of Warsaw ’ s Old Town . On September 15 , 1944 , three soldiers of the company managed to get across to the eastern bank of the Vistula . Later on more men got across , where they were conscripted into the First Polish Army .