Talk:Battle of Komarów

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[edit] Biggest?

The article says

It was the biggest cavalry battle in the history of war since 1813

Presumably the Battle of Leipzig is intended here (if so, the article should say). However, I wonder how it compares to the Battle of Waterloo? Gdr 09:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Davies

Davies describes this battle on the pages 226-230 of WERS.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 21:40, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

From Polish edition, p.229: it's part of the battle of Zamość; Davies notes it was quite a confusing battle and descriptions of its various elements differ significantly, with Komarów being a perfect example. "Polish historians often declare the charge of the Polish uhlans at Komarówow, 29 August, as the most magnificent battle of the war. Recently it was called "the largest cavalry battle since 1813 and the only battle of its kind in Europe" [source: Kornel Kozakiewicz, Na 50-lecie bojów kawalerii i artylerii konnej w 1920 roku, London, 1970, p.11). But it is omitted completely from Budionny's memoires. Przybylski in his classic account confusingly states that Russian cavalry simply "gave field" ".--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 12:36, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Which hill?

The text reads:

At 6 o'clock in the morning 200 men strong Polish 2nd "Rokitna" Cavalry Regiment was ordered to capture the "Hill 255" to the north of the main lines of Polish cavalry. The hill was captured with no opposition. Soon afterwards a large Russian tabor was spotted, disorganised and mixed with a much larger unit of Bolshevik cavalry. With no time to hesitate, the Poles charged the enemy inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy rear units. Soon afterwards the Poles were successfully counter-attacked by Russian troops and forced to abandon the hill and retreat into the nearby village of Wolica Śniatycka. There the Russian advance was stopped by Polish heavy machine gun fire and at 10 o'clock Polish 9th "Lesser Poland" Uhlans Regiment under mjr. Dembiński charged on Russian positions and managed to recapture the "Hill 225". The Russians counterattacked several times, but to no effect.

Question: Is it Hill 255 (as the first sentence has it), or is it Hill 225 (as the penultimate sentence says)?

--Davecampbell 00:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC)