Wacław Przeździecki
Wacław Jan Przeździecki (; 15 July 1883 – 29 June 1964) was a Polish military commander and Brigadier General of the Polish Army. During the Invasion of Poland in 1939, he was the commanding officer of the reserve Wołkowysk Cavalry Brigade that fought in the battle of Grodno. Wacław Jan Przeździecki was born on 15 July 1883 in Leśmierz near Łęczyca deprived of all their property by the Russian authorities after the January Uprising. In 1903 he graduated from the Higher Trade School in Łódź, after which he joined the Technological Institute in Kharkiv (modern Ukraine). In 1904 he was relegated from the institute for being a member of a secret Polish resistance organisation. The only school to accept him was a military college in Kazan, from which he graduated in 1906. Przeździecki then joined the Imperial Russian Army and served as an adjutant in the officers school and the 260th Infantry Regiment stationed in Batum. In 1913 he was promoted to the rank of Captain ...
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Leśmierz
Leśmierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ozorków, within Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship Łódź Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province is named after its capital and largest city, Łódź, pronounced . Łódź Voivodeship is bordered by six other voivodeships: Masovian Voivodeship ..., in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Ozorków, north-west of Zgierz, and north-west of the regional capital Łódź. References

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