He was attached to the propaganda department during the siege of Warsaw, escaping with his family when the city fell.

Born on 28 September 1896 in Łódź, Lipiński was involved in the scouting movement from 1911 and joined the paramilitary Polish Rifle Squads in 1912.

[1][2] In 1927 he was promoted to major and joined the newly founded Military Bureau of History (Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne).

[1] He was one of the top Polish commanders during that siege, working closely with Walerian Czuma and Stefan Starzyński and his brother Mieczysław [pl].

[1] After the capitulation of the capital, he secured the rich collection of the Piłsudski Institute, transferring them to the Belweder Museum.

[2] He founded the Stronnictwo Niezawisłości Narodowej and Komitet Porozumiewawczy Organizacji Demokratycznych Polski Podziemnej anti-communist movements.