Battle of Godow

the Battle of Godow (Polish: Bitwa pod Godowem) was a battle during the First Silesian Uprising that occurred on 18 August 1919 in the town of Godow, and resulted in a Polish victory.

Battle of Godow
Part of First Silesian Uprising

Monument commemorating insurgents executed by the Grenzschutz in Godow on the 28 August 1919.
Date17–18 August 1919
Location
Godow (Near Loslau), Germany
Result Polish victory
Belligerents
POW G.Śl. Weimar Republic
Commanders and leaders

First Battle:

  • Maksymilian Iksal

Second Battle:

  • Jan Wyglenda
  • Mikołaj Witczak
  • Lt Peters
Units involved
Piotrowice Insurgent Company

Grenzschutz Ost:

  • Hasse Regiment
Strength

First Battle:
40 insurgents

Second Battle:
100 insurgents;
Including 1 HMG		 58 soldiers;
including 2 HMGs
Casualties and losses
1 wounded 30 killed, 16 taken prisoner (of which 8 wounded)

The battle was predated by an earlier attempted to capture the town by an insurgent company led by Maksymilian Iksal on August 17, which resulted in failure.

The strategic goal of the Battle of Godow was opening the road between Cieszyn Silesia and Loslau, which had been blockaded by German troops.

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