22 January - On the occasion of the anniversary of the outbreak of the large independency event, the 1863 Uprising, we print in respective parts poesy created during the uprising, earlier works, but popular among its participants, and created for the glory of heroes - after the fall of the uprising. Most were performed in song form.
The subsequent anniversary of the outbreak was celebrated solemnly, though unofficially, during the period of partitions and especially uplifted - after regaining independence, in the Second Republic of Poland. They have always been large patriotic manifestations of the Polish Nation.
Insurrection motifs have inspired artists - poets, writers and painters for many decades.
The Zhuava March
Władysław Wolski
You don't have religion like our sign!
On the fez bar up the mustache, —
Laughter — and canteens buzzing at the camp,
On the march, it's as if it's in the mud.
But erstwhile the conflict is fought, it is not a joke,
I'll take the sign and the firearm in my hand,
And a Pole in a fight erstwhile stubborn,
He'll become an old soldier.
March, march of the Zhuava,
For battle, for blood,
Holy and Right —
March Żuawy — march.
He remembers Moscow, what Żuaw means,
As the councillor trembles, he remembers his name:
A lot due to the fact that he pricked the tsaric hatchets.
Brother of our French Zhuawek in Crimea.
Miechów, Pineapple, Chrobrz, Peas
Calling his teeth, he will mention the robber of the Tsar —
With a fistful of blood came brave names,
A fistful fought like old faith.
March, march and t. d.
erstwhile I break into the tyraliers,
It's fun to crawl around with guns like moles;
But better fire — dense and honest,
And a better order: march on bayonets!
due to the fact that it's the bayonet itself that's growing,
That's how the passion grows in a brave attack
Hooray!
Top cross white on black mark!
March, march and t. d.
In snow and mud wet accommodation,
Even though you fall asleep with pines of noise.
In the fire there are divisions,
At least he knows how to lick.
And to the brethren who were in the field of glory.
We say you'll see us soon,
First for 1 of you, full platoon.
The robbers will give us their miserable lives.
March, march and t. d.
After the fight, I will remainder in the village, or in the city,
What a good thank you,
erstwhile a woman's eye looks nice,
Ignition face flashes from the window!
For the heart of Poles, for their beauty
Żuaw worships from the heart, like a soldier of the right,
And even for this 1 reward,
He should be the first 1 to fight a riot.
March, march and t. d.
I don't like to argue about worship,
But for vain tsarical decrees,
any concession, any amnesty,
1 answer: march on bayonets!
For this answer to be strong,
Healthy and accurate,
Let the Żuawi cut her out first,
Our swamps are reading.
March, march and t. d.
The sun shines brightly, or from behind the clouds,
Different are the fates of unequal war;
Żuaw always has ears up,
With a weapon at your side, always calm.
erstwhile we could have had bare hands
defy the chaotic horde of soldiers,
It is with a weapon that will dispel ięh from Polish land —
Not to the Zhuaws — who does not believe it.
March, march and t. d.
Death beetles – Insurgent military unit formed in February 1863 with volunteers by a French officer Francis Rochebrune in the model ❌French. The name of the Żuawi of death came from an oath that they would never back down or surrender. All they could do was win or die.
From 1862 Mieczysław Romanowski - a poet and worker of the Lviv Ossolineum - was active in conspiracy activity. He commanded a branch of Lviv youth (about 30 people), mostly crafts and gymnasium, who marched towards the border on 2 February 1863 to participate in January Uprising. They were caught under Artasov, incarcerated in a Carmelite prison in Lviv. Romanowski was freed on 4 March, but a fewer days later he re-entered the uprising. He joined the insurgent unit under command. Marcin Borelowski “Lelewel”, formed in Medicine, received a degree Captain and stayed adjuvant Commander. They crossed the border. Tarnogrodu. Together with the branch, he operated in confederate Lublin, mainly Biligorian county.
On 16 April, in the Borowe Młynów area, a 300-man division of "Lelewel" was attacked by Russian forces under Major. Ivan Sternberg (two and a half regiments of infantry, a squadron of Uwans, half a sot of Cossacks, and 1 cannon) and stood courageous resistance, rejecting the Russians respective times with a bayonet strike.
On 24 April 1863 the “Lelewel” branch was amazed by Russian troops while resting under Josephov. After the first volley of the opponent, Captain Romanowski called on volunteers to cover the retreat. 70 insurgents resisted short but heroic resistance. Unfortunately, this handful, attacked by overwhelming enemy forces, was incapable to halt the Russians, but its heroism enabled the troops to withdraw. The insurgents lost 27 dead. Captain Romanowski was besides killed, hit by a bullet to the forehead. He is most likely buried in the parish cemetery in Józefów, Lublin.
Photo: Monument to the death of Mieczysław Romanowski in a forest north of the village of Osuchy, wikipedia
