The IV Cavalry Brigade (
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''IV Brygada Kawalerii'') was a unit of the
Polish Army during the
Polish-Bolshevik War and later in the inter-war period. It was commanded by major
Feliks Jaworski and then by colonel
Adam Nieniewski.
During the
Battle of Warsaw it fought in the ranks of the 4th Polish Army of
Józef Piłsudski and largely contributed to the success of Piłsudski's manoeuvre that outflanked the Bolshevik forces near
Warsaw
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. During the initial phase of the battle, the brigade fought the
Battle of Cyców
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against the forces of Bolshevist 172nd Rifle Brigade. A successful cavalry charge broke the enemy lines and allowed the Poles to proceed with the assault. In that battle the brigade captured approximately 70
prisoners
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...
and 5
MGs.
After the battle, the brigade was attached to the assault group of
Rydz-Śmigły's 2nd Army and took part in the
Battle of the Niemen. It also formed the core of the Polish areas defending
Suwałki during the
Polish-Lithuanian War.
4th Cavalry Brigade
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