October Offensive of the Central Lithuanian Army information
Military offensive
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October Offensive of the Central Lithuanian Army
Part of Lithuanian Wars of Independence and Polish–Lithuanian War
Polish uhlans and the captured staff of the Lithuanian Army. In the first row, 6th stands General Stasys Nastopka, 7th stands Lt. Col. Mścisław Butkiewicz.
Date
13–29 October 1920
Location
Vilnius Region
Result
Polish (Central Lithuanian) victory
Territorial changes
Most of the Vilnius Region is occupied by the Central Lithuanian Army
Belligerents
Central Lithuania Support: Poland
Lithuania
Commanders and leaders
Lucjan Żeligowski
Mścisław Butkiewicz [pl]
Stanisław Czuczełowicz
Józef Fiedorowicz [pl]
Władysław Dąbrowski [pl][1]
Stasys Nastopka
Units involved
1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division:
13th Wilno Uhlan Regiment
6th Scout Infantry Regiment
Vilnius Rifle Regiment
3rd Infantry Division:
4th Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
Strength
14,000[2]
10,435[3]
v
t
e
Polish–Lithuanian War
Sejny (1)
Polish coup attempt
Sejny (2)
Żeligowski's Mutiny
October Offensive
November Offensive (Kėdainiai, Giedraičiai)
The October offensive of the Central Lithuanian Army was a military offensive of the Central Lithuanian Army ordered by General Lucjan Żeligowski against the Lithuanian army in October 1920. It was a continuation of Żeligowski's Mutiny that began on October 8.
^Michalak 2021.
^Fabisz 2021, p. 160.
^Vaičenonis 2002, p. 145.
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