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The "Trzaska" battalion, delayed in its attack due to lack of communication with Major "Pogrom", failed to support the "Łuna" battalion, which could not break through the enemy's defences. The "Trzaska" unit also suffered losses under heavy fire and withdrew under cover of smoke to the forest, from
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towards Oździutycze, and I/24th pp "Łuna" from
Wolczak. The combined forces met in a forest in front of Leżów. On 29 February in the morning the column was fired upon by an UPA patrol, which withdrew to Oździutycze, warning the village crew. On the same day the
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Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistoẃ ukraińskich na ludności polskiej Wołynia, 1939–1945 [Massacres committed by the
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had to retreat. The "Łuna" platoon occupied the windmill, but intense enemy fire forced them to retreat under cover of smoke. At this time,
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under the command of Stanisław
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lost approximately 20 men killed, 20 men wounded and 2 men were captured, who were questioned and they told what tasks of the
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of "Gromada" and "Łuna" developed for the attack had to cross a kilometre-long snowy plain. The village was heavily
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to support the units operating in the central and western parts of
Volhynia. One such fortress was the village of
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soldiers in the combat were taken and buried in the village of
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under the command of
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retreated and the military base was successfully defended by the
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were about. A different opinion is shared by another
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139:Stanisław Piaszczyński
638:An armed clash in 1944
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326:Huta Stara
284:Andresówka
222:2 captured
791:Ukrainian
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617:Home Army
605:Ukrainian
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