DOMBROWSKI, JAN HENRYK Polish general, was born at Pierszowice in the palatinate of Cracow, on Aug. 29, 1755. Under Poniatowski, he took part in the campaign of 1792 against the Russians. In 1794 he distinguished himself under Kosciusko in the defence of Warsaw. He then went to Paris, and in Jan. 1797 was authorized by the Government of the Cisal pine republic to organize a Polish legion. This task he executed at Milan. In command of his legion he played an important part in the war in Italy, entered Rome in May 1798, and distinguished himself at the Trebbia (June 19, 1799), where his legion was annihilated, and in other battles and combats of 1799-1801. After the peace of Amiens he passed, as general of division, into the service of the Italian republic. Summoned by Napoleon in 1806 to promote a rising in Poland, he organized several divisions of Poles, and distinguished himself at Danzig and Friedland. In 1809 he served in the Polish campaign and in he commanded a Polish division in the Grande Armee, being wounded at the passage of the Beresina. He fought under Marmont at the battle of Leipzig, and in 1813 returned to Poland. He was one of the generals entrusted by the tsar with the reorganization of the Polish army, and was named in 1815 general of cavalry and senator palatine of the new kingdom of Poland. Gen. Dombrowski died at his seat of Wina-Gora in Posen on June 26, 1818.