Battle of Pęcice

After heavy fighting on the first day of the Warsaw Uprising, during the evening of 1–2 August 1944, the majority of military units of the 4th Ochota Sub-district, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Mieczysław Sokołowski (pseudonym Grzymała) began to withdraw from Ochota in the direction of Sękocin and Chojnowo forests.

At 5 a.m on 2 August, the concentrated units set off from the region of Reguły village via Pęcice in the direction of the forests.

[1] The German defenders possessed good observation and fields of fire which gave them an advantage over the approaching Polish units.

The column of insurgent units divided itself in two parts: the advance party including three scout platoons attacking along the road and engaging the main German force, and the main element of the insurgent force, which, under cover of that attack, by-passed Pęcice from the right side and reached the Sękociny forests and then the Chojnowo forests.

The units attacking Pęcice directly suffered heavy losses with many casualties and prisoners.