uhlan regiment - which was fighting north of Sieraków. light artillery regiment eliminated 2 tanks. horse rifle regiment.īefore the German counterattack, during the Polish attack on Sieraków (in the morning - the attack started, around 10:00 - so after less than 10 hours - Sieraków was captured), platoon from 15. The remaining 6 were eliminated by elements of 17. uhlan regiment (two of them were destroyed by Wiktor Ziemiński himself). 37mm of podporucznik Wiktor Ziemiński from 14.
Orzeszko) and 3 by platoon of AT guns cal. horse rifle regiment) lost 56 men - 14 KIA and 42 WIA.įrom the second group the Poles eliminated 11 tanks - including 2 by direct fire of artillery platoon from 14. During combats with this group the Poles (7. horse rifle regiment (the majority by regimental AT guns).
light artillery dyon (direct fire) and 7. Both groups were defeated and dispersed.įrom the first group the Poles eliminated 27 tanks - 7 by Orlik, 20 by 7. took part in that attack - or at least some part of it). German tanks were attacking (according to Bade - but Polish sources confirm it) in two separated groups at the same time (it is possible - but not certain -, that apart from Panzer-Abteilung 65. According to Bade (and also according to German daily reports) the remaining German tanks escaped towards Hornówek and Lipków. which took part in the attack (and most probably the whole Abteilung took part) were eliminated during that battle. The majority of tanks of Panzer-Abteilung 65. lost 26 KIA and WIA tank crewmen (including 4 officers, 5 NCOs and 17 soldiers). German sources say that during the failed German Panzer counterattack on Sieraków, Panzer-Abteilung 65. Orlik's victories (kills) during the battle of Sieraków (1., 2., 3.,, 7.): He was later fighting in Warsaw until 28th of September 1939. armoured dyon of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade (both of them were TKS tankettes with 20mm automatic guns) which broke through to Warsaw (during the night from 20th to 21st of September 1939). His tankette was one of 2 tankettes from 71. Most of those 7 tanks eliminated (most probably 6 of them) were Pz-35(t) tanks. battalion of Panzer-Regiment 11.) during the battle of Sieraków. On 19th of September Orlik eliminated 7 German tanks (from Panzer-Abteilung 65. Orlik's victories (kills) during combat of Pociecha (1., 2. He was born in 1916 and was first son of Victor III August and Elizabeth zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Öttingen-Spilberg: The whole his platoon was eliminated during that combat and Prinz Victor IV Albrecht von Ratibor was heavily WIA and severely burned - and after a few minutes he died. He also tried to rescue the crew of one of those eliminated by him German tanks - which started to burn - but he - unfortunately - didn't manage to rescue them and all of them died.Īmong tanks eliminated by Orlik on 18th of September there was tank of Leutnant (or Oberleutnant ?) Victor IV Albrecht von Ratibor - commander of a platoon. He also destroyed several motorized vehicles during that combat and took 2 prisoners of war (tank crew). On 18th of September during the combat of Pociecha he eliminated 3 tanks from Panzer-Regiment 11. The battle of Brochów was fully won by the Poles. "Offensive of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade on Brochów on 14th of September 1939 (situation at 20:00)": Map is showing situation around 20:00 on 14th of September 1939 - it comes from the album "Army Poznań 1939" by Piotr Bauer and Bogusław Polak: Map is showing the battle of Brochów (14th - 15th of September 1939). On 14th of September during the battle of Brochów he eliminated 3 tanks from Panzer-Regiment 36.
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His driver was kapral Bronisław Zakrzewski: In September of 1939 his tank was TKS tankette with automatic gun calibre 20mm: armoured dyon of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade) was one of the first tank aces of WW II: "Panzerwaffe officer captured during first days of September 1939 was praising speed and nimbleness of a Polish tankette, claiming that: ".it is very hard to hit such a small cockroach from a gun"."
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