Czarnowo, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County
Czarnowo | |
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Village | |
  Czarnowo | |
| Coordinates: 52°28′31″N 20°46′23″E / 52.47528°N 20.77306°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Nowy Dwór |
| Gmina | Pomiechówek |
Czarnowo [t͡ʂarˈnɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pomiechówek, within Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-east of Brody-Parcele (the gmina seat), 8 km (5 mi) north-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, and 33 km (21 mi) north-west of Warsaw. The village is on the north bank of the Narew River, a short distance east of the point where the Wkra River flows into it from the north.
History[edit]
The Battle of Czarnowo was fought on 23–24 December 1806 during the War of the Fourth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. French soldiers under the command of Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout forced a crossing of the Wkra near Pomiechowo. When they advanced eastward to Czarnowo they were fiercely resisted by Russian troops led by Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy in an all-night contest. In the early morning hours of the 24th, Ostermann-Tolstoy ordered a retreat.[2] The fighting caused about 1,400 casualties on each side.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Petre, pp 79-82
- ^ Chandler, p 521
References[edit]
- Chandler, David. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Macmillan, 1966.
- Petre, F. Loraine. Napoleon's Campaign in Poland 1806-1807. London: Lionel Leventhal Ltd., 1976 (1907).
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