DOMBROWSKI, d6m-br6v'sk6. or DABROW SKI, JAN IIEN RYK. ( ;55-181;') . A distinguished Polish general, born in Pierszowiee, in the Cracow. lie entered the service Of the Elector of Saxony in MO; hut in 1792, on the first symptoms of the insurrection in Poland. proceeded to Warsaw. He took part in the Polish (ainpaigus against Russia and Prussia, and exhibited remarkable military talents. In 1796 Dombrowski went to France, where he was eounnissioned by the Directory to form a Polish legion among his exiled omntrytnen. The le,2ion signally distinguished itself in the Hal fan campaign. In the eampaign of 1799-1800 1)ombrowski gave proofs of remarkable cour age. _11ter the l'eace of Amiens he became it general of division in the service of the Cisal pnie Reptiblie: and after the battle of Jena he was ordered by Napoleon (18(l6) to summon his countrymen to arms. His entrance into War saw at head of the Polish dici ium resembled a classical triumph. .\ t 1)irsehati and Friedland
he fresh laurels. in the fatal Russian cam paign of 1812 lie commanded one of the three divisions of the Fifth Army Corps. and at the passage of the Bcresina sued from ilestrlieti011 the relics of Poniatowski's corps. in 1813, at the head of his Poles, he took an honorable part in the battles of Tellow, Grossbeercn. Jilterl)ogk, alai Leipzig. After the fall of Napoleon Dom browski returned to Poland, and in 1815 was ap pointed by Alexander 1. a general 14 cavalry and a Polish Senator: but in the following year he withdrew from public. employment to his estate in Posen. Ile. died June (I. 1818. Consult: Cliodzko, Ilistoire des h'gions polonniscs cn Italie sous le du rp'neral Dombrowski ( Pa ris. 1829 )