Dombrowski

Dombrowski, JOHN HENRY, a distinguished Polish general, was born near Cracow in 1755, and, after serving under the Elector of Saxony, returned to take part in the Polish campaigns against Russia and Prussia in 1792-94. Next entering the French service, he organised a Polish Legion at Milan; and in the campaigns which followed, Dombrowski and his Poles took a distinguished part. After the fall of Napoleon, he returned to Poland, and was appointed by the Emperor Alexander a general of cavalry and Polish senator. He died 6th June 1818.