Raid on Fraustadt

Polish forces attacked Wehrmacht positions in and around the town of Fraustadt (present-day Wschowa), in the Province of Silesia, Free State of Prussia.

1 a.m., General Roman Abraham, who commanded Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade, ordered a platoon of military cyclists stationed in Krzywin under Colonel Zbigniew Baranski to come to Leszno.

Captain Edmund Lesisz ordered Lieutenant Władysław Konwiński of 2nd Platoon to attack a Border Guard (Grenzschutz) post, which blocked the road towards the village of Geyersdorf (Dębowa Łąka).

After a short exchange of fire, the Germans retreated, and the Poles captured the post, together with a large amount of weaponry, which was taken to the barracks at Leszno.

Meanwhile, 1st Platoon of Lieutenant Stanisław Rybczyński attacked the border checkpoint, and Polish artillery took its designated positions.

At the same time a Polish front unit, which was 3rd Platoon of Lieutenant Stefan Perkiewicz, reached the outskirts of Fraustadt, some 8 kilometers into German territory.

The raid on Fraustadt, together with the capture of Geyersdorf, was used by Polish propaganda to bolster the morale of soldiers of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade and other units, and convince them that it was possible to defeat the Wehrmacht.

Monument to defenders of Poland's sovereignty in Święciechowa