Obrona Lwowa : November 1-22, 1918 : reports of participants / with an introduction by Juljan Stachiewicz and a foreword by Bolesław Popowicz and Stanisław Zakrzewski. Society for the Study of the History of the Defense of Lviv and South-Eastern Provinces. Lviv 1933.
Pp. XV, 447, 5, [1] p. plates, [1] p. folding map. loose-leaf. Height: 24.5 cm. Half cloth binding later. Decorative marbled claystone paper on facings. Gilded lettering on spine. The edges of the pages stained red. Preserved original brochure covers. Ex-libris of Lech Kokociński. Protective slipcase.
Printed 3000 num. copies on Argentine paper, 100 copies on Japanese handmade paper. This ex. no. 1269.
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"Defense of Lvov November 1-22, 1918: Organization of the November defense of Lvov. Records of combatants. List of losses / with an introduction by Juljan Stachiewicz and a foreword by Bolesław Popowicz and Stanisław Zakrzewski ; edited by Eugenjusz Wawrzkowicz and Józef Klink. Society for the Study of the History of the Defense of Lwow and Southeastern Provinces. Lvov 1939, published by the Society.
S. XXXIV, [2], 590, [1] p. tabl. : il. Height : 24.5 cm. Half cloth binding later. Decorative marbled claystone paper on facings. Gilt lettering on spine. The edges of the pages stained red. Preserved original brochure covers. Ex-libris of Lech Kokociński. Protective slipcase.
2,000 num. copies were rebound. This ex. no. 1000."
Defense of Lvov, also known as the "Battle for Lvov," a Polish-Ukrainian armed confilct that lasted from November 1, 1918 until May 22, 1919. It ended with the remoteness of the Ukrainian army from the territory of Lviv and the surrounding area and the regaining of control of the city by the Poles.
"In the fighting in Lviv on the Polish side up to and including November 22, 1918, 6022 people participated with weapons in their hands or in auxiliary services, including 1374 common and secondary school and university students. 2640 were under 25 years of age. 439 soldiers and members of the military sanitary service died or died from wounds, including 12 women. 120 of the fallen were students, and 76 were university students. 29 of the fallen belonged to the relief forces of the city under the command of Lt. Col. Michal Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski. Of the Defenders of Lviv at the time, one was only 9 years old, seven were 10, and two veterans of 1863 were 75." [after wikipedia.pl]
The contents of Volume 3 include: Organization of the November Defense of Lviv - Records of combatants; First battles 1-5 XI 1918; Artillery of the defense of Lviv; List of losses: Defenders of Lviv 1-22 XI 1918; Fallen and died of wounds; Dead and missing 1918-1920; Wounded, injured and sick; City residents not involved in the fighting: killed and died of wounds 1918-1920; Soldiers from foreign armies; Statistical summaries.
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