Polish Armies of the Partitions 1770 94

The tragic national epic of Polish history began in these late 18th-century wars. Under Poland''s Saxon monarchy, Russia and Prussia constantly meddled in the affairs of the Kingdom. In 1768 a civil war broke out between pro-Russian ''Commonwealth'' Poles and ''Confederate'' patriots who opposed foreign intervention; Russia intervened directly, and the First Partition followed in 1772. Guerrilla r...