Polish September Campaign
Originally, the Brigade, under Colonel Leon Strzelecki, was part of the Łódź Army, but after change of plans, it was transferred to the Poznań Army. On September 1, 1939, it unloaded in the operational area of the Army, but during the first week of the war, it was not engaged in combat. On September 8, it covered right wing of the Polish forces, during the Battle of the Bzura. Together with Polish 25th Infantry Division, it consisted offensive force of the Poznań Army, fighting German 221 I.D. of General Johann Pflugbeil. After Polish defeat, remnants of the Brigade managed to break into the Kampinos Forest, from where, together with units of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade and Pomeranian Cavalry Brigade, they fought their way into besieged Warsaw.
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