From “About Joseph Haller”

by Edward Ligocki

Significant Dates In The Life Of General Haller.

Date of Birth: August 13, 1873 in Jurczyce near Krakow

Until 1881 lived in Jurczyce

1882 - 1887 - in Lwow

1887 - 1889 - intermediate school in Koszyce

1888 - death of his father

1890 - 1892 - high school in Hranica

1892 - 1895 - Technical Academy in Vienna

1895 - August, He became an officer

1906 - Marriage

1909 - Nominated a Captain

1910 - Retired from active service in the Army

1914 - August, Eastern Legion

1914 - September 30, I Brigade

1914 - September 27, Battalion Commander

1914 - October 1, Regiment Commander

1914 - October 31, Nominated to the rank of Major

1914 - November 15, Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of Regiment and Army Group

1915 - March 15, Nominated to the rank of Colonel

1916 - July 15, Colonel Brigadier, Commandeer of II Brigade

1918 - February 15, Passage by Rarancza

1918 - March, Commander-in-Chief of V Division of II Army Corps – Ranked General

1918 - April, Commander-in-Chief of II Army Corps

1918 - May 11, Battle near Kaniow

1918 - May 27, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Military Forces out of Austro-German occupied territory

1918 - June 10-20, In Moscow

1918 - June 26-July 4, Murmansk

1918 - July 12, Arrival to France

1918 - July 13, Paris

1918 - September 28, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Army on Coalition Front

1919 - April, Arrival in Poland - General of Arms (US 4 Star General)

1919 - April 30 - May 31, Defense of Lwow and Malopolska

1919 - May and following months, Krakow (Silesian Front)

1920 - January 21, takeover of Pomerania (Tom)

1920 - February 20, by Polish sea shore (Puck)

1920 - April - July, vacation in Zakopane, Jurczyce, Krynica

1920 - July, Inspector General of Volunteers Army, Member of National Defense Council, Chairman of Citizens Committee of National Defense, Chairman of Red Cross

1920 - July 23, Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front

1920 - August 13, Issue of order by General Haller which was decisive in the war campaign

1920 - August 13-15, Battle near Radzymin

1920 - August 14, Beginning of the offensive. Battle of Warsaw.

1920 - August 25, Victory.

1921 - Chairman of Superior Opinionating Commission, later Inspector General of Artillery

(Webmaster’s note: From 1940 – 1943 Jozef Haller was the Minister of Education in the Exile Government of Wladislaw Sikorski. Jozef Haller died in 1960.)

Took part in Battles: Rafajlowa, Zielona, Pasieczna, Pniow, Nadwoma, Hwozd, Mielnike, Fitkow, Moltkow, Pasieczna, Zielona, Rafajlowa, Zielona, Maksymiec, Rafajlowa, Maksymies, Zielona, Pasieczna, Pniow, Maniawa, Kxyszka, Markowa, Solotwina, Zuraki, Bohorodczany, Niebytow, Kolomyja, Stobychwa, Zarzecze, Wielieko, Janowka, Silowicze, Rudka Myczynska, Barancza, Kaniow, Brzesc, Janow, Sokolow, Mink Masowiecki, Radzymin, Nasielsk, Mlawa, Przasnysz, Waraszaw.

Wounded near Rafajlow, November 1914 and near Redzina, May 1915 in a car accident.

Knight of distinctions: Virtuti Militari, French Military Cross with Palm, Commander of the Honor Legion, Bravery Cross (4 times), Grand Officer of the Crown Of Italy, Knight of the White Eagle, etc.

Translated by Jacek Janscewski, Edited by Robert Tarwacki
"O Jozefie Hallerze"  by Edward Elgoth Ligocki, Nakladem Obywatelskiego Obrony Panstwa, Warszawa, 1923
With special thanks to the Library of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences in America, New York, NY

12/12/99