M-Model 32098 Col. J.N.Umiński 10th Hussars Duchy Of Warsaw 1812

Jan Nepomucen Umiński was born in January 1778 and died in 1851. He was a Polish officer and brigadier general of the Duchy of Warsaw troops. He began his military career at the age of only 16, taking part in the Kościuszko Uprising. In 1806 he took part in the anti-Prussian uprising and fought in the region of Gdańsk and Tczew. A year later, he enlisted in the French cavalry, where he received the rank of major, but quickly joined the troops of the Duchy of Warsaw, which was just being born. He successfully took part in the 1809 campaign, he also fought in the 1812 campaign, among others, at Borodino. In the course of this campaign, he went down in the history of the Polish army, as the unit commanded by him (10th Hussars Regiment, the so-called Golden Hussars) was the first of the Napoleonic troops to enter Moscow. After the catastrophe of the retreat from Russia, he continued to fight alongside Napoleon - in 1813 he took part in the Battle of Leipzig, where he was seriously wounded and captured. He took an active part in the November Uprising (1830-1831), initially as a simple soldier, fighting among others at Wawer and Grochów, and later - as the commander of the 1st Cavalry Corps. He fought in this role in the battles of Jędrzejów and Ostrołęka. After the defeat of the uprising, he became a member of the Great Emigration and settled in France and later in Hesse. He was a Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari.