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=== Congress Poland === As part of a comprehensive plan of industrializing [[Poland]], an extensive settlement for linen and cotton craftsmen was built on the right bank of Narew in 1826. The number of craftsmen increased and workers were trained in new crafts. The town also built two bridges, one permanent. The new route connecting [[Warsaw]] and [[St. Petersburg]] ran through Ostrołęka. Although the town's citizens were eager and proud to take part in the [[November Uprising]] of 1830-1831, they worried that their city, as in every previous war, would be destroyed. However they did not expect that the heaviest fighting would take place on near Ostrołęka. Rebel plans envisaged the Polish Army attacking the Russian Infantry Corps of the Tsar's Guard, which made camp between Augustów and Ostrołęka. On 18 May 1831 General [[Henryk Dembiński]] claimed Ostrołęka. But General [[Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki]] didn't make a use of his temporary superiority and he couldn't make up his mind whether to attack the Russians situated near Łomża. As a result, Łomża was destroyed. [[File:Battle of Ostroleka 1831.PNG|thumb|left|[[Battle of Ostrołęka (1831)]]]] On 26 May 1831 the [[Battle of Ostrołęka (1831)]] took place. As a cannonade was heard, [[Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki]] couldn't believe that [[Hans Karl von Diebitsch]] (a Russian general) had already reached the suburbs of the city. He ordered the Fourth Infantry Regiment to defend the city. The main defending forces fortified themselves in the Bernardine Monastery. Unfortunately the Russians had brought cannons with them; they quickly overpowered the Polish units and forced their surrender. {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} [[File:Pomnik gen. Józefa Bema w Ostrołęce.JPG|thumb|Monument of General [[Józef Bem]], national hero of Poland]] Von Diebitsch took over the city center, but the battle continued on the right side of the Narew. Skrzynecki and his troops valiantly defended the bridge, wanting to hold back the Russian forces from crossing over to the other side of the river. Lieutenant-Colonel [[Józef Bem]] and his Fourth Battery were called in to help defend the bridge. Bem was able to hold back the Russians, but the battle is often referred to as a Polish defeat. The defeat marked the end of the Uprising. As a result of the battle, 6000 Polish soldiers died including many [[Kurpie]]. Bem, for his bravery, was nominated as Commander-in-Chief of Artillery and was honoured with a [[Virtuti Militari]] Cross. The battle was the greatest and the bloodiest in the November Uprising.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
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