Stanisław Fiszer (1769–1812) was

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General and Chief of Staff of the

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. He was married to

Wirydianna Fiszerowa Wirydianna Fiszerowa (born Wirydianna Radolińska, using the Leszczyc coat of arms, later Wirydianna Kwilecka) (1761 in Wyszyny - 1826 in Działyń) was a Polish noblewoman best known for her memoirs, which mention her life in pre- and post-pa ...

, remembered for her memoirs. An inhabitant of Poland, his family was originally from Germany. Between 1783 and 1788 he attended the Corps of Cadets and joined Tadeusz Kosciuszko's brigade which was part of Poland's Division. Under Kosciuszko's command he fought in the Polish-Russian war of 1792. He took part in the battle of Polonno and the battle of Dubienka and moved up the ranks, eventually becoming a lieutenant. He was given the highest military decoration for heroism and courage in Poland - the

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. At the end of 1792 he arrived in

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, where according to

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he was checking the state of the city's fortifications which were to be used as a part of project in which the Polish army that had been defeated by Russians was to move from Prussia to Gdańsk where they were to wait for help from France. In January 1793 after Prussia invaded Greater Poland, Fiszer, disguised as an emergency doctor, reached

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where he surveyed the Prussian army moving towards Poland.

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