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99: 25: 273: 155: 337:. They started shooting to each other but Poles retreated quickly to the centre of Gdów, where they warned the rest of insurgents about the approaching enemy. Those, in most cases drunk, chaotically escaped from inn and houses, crowding in the town centre. Meanwhile von Benedek launched a flanking manoeuvre and surrounded a unit of 329:
wrote that Suchorzewski didn't expect the Austrians to trace him so quickly and that is why he allowed his soldiers to rest. Whereas, Suchorzewski himself headed to a local manor for a meal, so that he presumably even wasn't in Gdów during the battle.
289:, heading towards Krakow. Von Benedek had almost 500 men, including 330 infantry and 150 cavalry. Along the way, his unit was reinforced by local peasants from several villages, such as 491: 341:
near the cemetery's wall. They were then attacked by furious peasants and only few were saved by the Austrians who intervened too late. Suchorzewski himself fled to
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Altogether, rebel losses were 154: all were buried in three pits, dug at the cemetery. Survivors fled to Krakow, while on the next day the Austrians entered
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After the Krakow Uprising had begun, an Austrian detachment under Colonel Ludwig von Benedek left
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The Austrian troops at first met a few insurgents who were standing on guard over the bridge on
90: 269:). Rebel losses were estimated at 154 killed in action, while Austrian losses were negligible. 369: 384: 451: 254: 238: 160: 465: 302: 424: 334: 306: 321:) under Colonel Jakub Suchorzewski concentrated in Lazany, 8 km southeast of 338: 349: 322: 298: 286: 342: 318: 317:
Meanwhile, a rebel unit of 380 men (mostly residents of Krakow and local
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Battle of Gdów Painting by Mieczysław Wątorski in Gdów Town Hall
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was defeated by a 480-strong Austrian Army detachment under
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Wasze wpisy O Gdowie, który nigdy nie będzie miastem.
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2 Austrian cavalrymen taken prisoner for a short time
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Kraków Uprising

Gdów
Austrian Empire
Ludwig von Benedek
Polish language
Gdow
Free City of Krakow
Krakow Uprising
Jakub Suchorzewski
Ludwig von Benedek
Galician slaughter
Battle of Gdów Painting by Mieczysław Wątorski in Gdów Town Hall
Tarnów
Marszowice
Nieznanowice
Pierzchow
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szlachta
Wieliczka
Bolesław Limanowski
Raba
kosynierzy
Dobczyce

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