HISTORY OF THE 1ST LEGION INFANTRY REGIMENT
(Years of the Polish-Russian War 1918-1920)
Compiled with sketches and statistical tables
BORKIEWICZ Adam Józef
Military Historical Office, Warsaw 1929, pp [10], 1127, [1], format 17x25cm
Edition 1. Extensive, detailed monograph of the battles of the 1st Legion Infantry Regiment during the Polish-Soviet War of 1918-1920.
The text includes the Vilna Expedition, the Expedition to Vileyka, the Expedition to Polotsk, the Expedition to Dyneburg, the Battles against the Lithuanians, the Latvian Campaign, the Defense of Kyiv, the Retreat from the Ukraine, the Battle of Rivne, the Battles on the Styr River, the Battle of Warsaw, the Battle on the Niemen River.
After the actual text a list of fallen and decorated soldiers of the regiment.
Rich iconography; includes reproductions of photographs and sketches of battles.
The cover and drawings in the text were made by Jozef Swirysz-Ryszkiewicz.
HARDCOVER SEMI-PAPERBACK FROM THE EPOCH, SOFTCOVER BOOKLET PRESERVED
DB condition/ scuffs, edge rubbing in places, inventory number on the backstrip, quite a BAD piece
