27. Monument to the fallen Kaniowski Riflemen in Zamostki Wólczyńskie
Between Zamostki Wólczyńskie and Wólka
Radzymińska, along the route No 631,
the obelisk commemorating the soldiers of
the 28th Kaniowski Rifle Regiment killed in
August 1920, was preserved. This modest
monument was unveiled on September 14,
1924 by the President of the Second Republic
of Poland, Stanislaw Wojciechowski, and
consecrated by the Archbishop of Warsaw,
Alexander Kakowski.
The inscription on the monument commemorates Captain Stefan Pogonowski – commander of the 1st battalion of the 28th Kaniowski Rifle Regiment, Captain Benedykt Pęczkowski – commander of the 6th company and 18 soldiers fallen in the morning of August 15, 1920.
The battalion commanded by the captain Pogonowski was directed to Radzymin due to a meeting of three generals, important for the course of the Battle of Warsaw. In the afternoon of August 14, 1920, in Legionowo barracks, General Józef Haller, commander of the Polish Northern Front, met commander of the 1st Army, General Franciszek Latinik and General Lucjan Żeligowski, commander of the 10th Infantry Division which was stationed here. It was then established that the 10th Infantry Division (together with the 28th Kaniowski Rifle Regiment) would not be directed to Modlin, as previously planned, but would proceed to recapture Radzymin from the hands of the Russians.
The task was executed gradually, and the soldiers who died in the line of duty were honoured by their regiment in the cemetery of Radzymin and commemorated with a sandstone monument in Zamostki. The cycling route commemorating the second line of defence and dedicated to Captain S. Pogonowski runs close to the monument.
The inscription on the monument commemorates Captain Stefan Pogonowski – commander of the 1st battalion of the 28th Kaniowski Rifle Regiment, Captain Benedykt Pęczkowski – commander of the 6th company and 18 soldiers fallen in the morning of August 15, 1920.
The battalion commanded by the captain Pogonowski was directed to Radzymin due to a meeting of three generals, important for the course of the Battle of Warsaw. In the afternoon of August 14, 1920, in Legionowo barracks, General Józef Haller, commander of the Polish Northern Front, met commander of the 1st Army, General Franciszek Latinik and General Lucjan Żeligowski, commander of the 10th Infantry Division which was stationed here. It was then established that the 10th Infantry Division (together with the 28th Kaniowski Rifle Regiment) would not be directed to Modlin, as previously planned, but would proceed to recapture Radzymin from the hands of the Russians.
The task was executed gradually, and the soldiers who died in the line of duty were honoured by their regiment in the cemetery of Radzymin and commemorated with a sandstone monument in Zamostki. The cycling route commemorating the second line of defence and dedicated to Captain S. Pogonowski runs close to the monument.