Jan August Cichocki

Jan August Cichocki (1750–1795) was a Polish military officer and a general of the

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, notable for his service in the

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. Thanks to a scholarship funded by Alois Bruhl, Cichocki studied artillery tactics in

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. Upon his return to Poland, he co-authored the military reforms of 1776–1779. At the same time until May 1792 he was the commanding officer of the Polish 5th Rifle Regiment (), after which he was the creator and the first commander of the

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. One of the commanders of the garrison of Warsaw during the

, he joined the Kościuszko's Uprising soon afterwards. On June 20

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko ( be, Andréj Tadévuš Banavientúra Kasciúška, en, Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who ...

promoted him to the rank of General and nominated him to the post of the commander of the

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river front, where however he showed little value as a front commander. Dismissed to some unimportant post in Warsaw, where he died November 18, 1795, and was buried at the Holy Cross cemetery in Warsaw. Polish generals Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1750 births 1795 deaths {{Poland-mil-bio-stub