WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's ... Polish WWI veteran, aged 112, promoted to captain. Feb 24, ... It says that after 1920 he studied at a cavalry school but chose to return to his family farm.

At the Battle of Komarów, the largest cavalry engagement since 1813, Polish lancers bloodied the hated Cossacks and ran them out of Poland. Bolshevik losses were heavy. Polish troops in Warsaw, 1920.

When Mr. Bekier enlisted in cavalry unit of the Polish Army, at the age of 18, he first played French horn in the Polish Army Band, which his father led.

Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war. ... But what happened in Poland just after the end of World War One bears strong similarities to what went on near Kyiv in 2022.

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Defense Ministry says a 112-year-old veteran of both World Wars has been promoted to captain. The ministry says in a statement that Defense Minister… ...