26th Greater Poland Uhlan Regiment

26th Greater Poland Uhlan Regiment of Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (Polish: 26 Pułk Ułanów Wielkopolskich, im.

On October 16, 1936, Minister of Military Affairs, General Tadeusz Kasprzycki, named the regiment after Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz.

In the morning of August 14, the uhlans were told that first Red Army units were within five kilometers of the rail station at Golub.

Since Soviet soldiers were spotted in Rypin and on the road near Klonowo, the regiment was ordered to reach Brodnica and defend the town.

On August 20, Polish troops recaptured the towns of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and Lubawa, capturing several Soviet POWs.

Via Kalisz – Warsaw – Czeremcha, the regiment was taken to the station of Świsłocz (now Svislach, Belarus), and then marched to the area of Wolkowysk.

Finally, in cooperation with other Polish Army units, the Greater Poland uhlans entered Minsk, on October 16, at 7 a.m. After the truce was declared, the regiment marched back to Iwieniec, where it remained until late November 1920.