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In September he prepared the plans for the defense of Warsaw. However, the commanders of the Uprising lacked will to continue the fight and his plans were not accepted. Appointed to the Polish commission negotiating the capitulation, Prądzyński suffered from a nervous breakdown and surrendered to the
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After the Russian takeover of Poland he remained in Warsaw, though he did not join the army. In 1815 he founded a secret anti-Russian
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After the outbreak of the November Uprising he again joined the Polish Army. Initially an advisor to Gen.
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and quickly advanced through its ranks. During the Napoleonic Wars he took part in the campaigns of 1809 (
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Suffering from serious illnesses, in 1850 he moved to the island of
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Ignacy Prądzyński was born on July 20, 1792, in the village of
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against Russia. He is also notable for constructing the
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Sanniki
Heligoland
Warsaw University of Technology
Augustów Canal
Virtuti Militari
Legion of Honour
Order of Saint Anna
[iɡˈnatsɨprɔnˈdzɨj̃skʲi]
military commander
general
Polish Army
Napoleonic Wars
November Uprising
Augustów Canal
Sanniki
Greater Poland
Duchy of Warsaw
Polish–Austrian War
Virtuti Militari
Legion of Honour
Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Waterloo
Patriotic Society
Augustów Canal
Vistula
Baltic Sea
Neman River
Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł
Battle of Iganie

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