Bzura is a river in central Poland, a tributary of the Vistula river (in Wyszogrod), with a length of 166 kilometres (25th longest) and the basin area of 7,788 sq. km. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... Length 1,047 km Elevation of the source 1,106 m Average discharge ? m³/s Area watershed 192,000 km² Origin Barania Góra, Beskidy Mouth GdaÅ„sk Bay, Baltic Sea Basin countries Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia Vistula (Polish: WisÅ‚a) is the longest river in Poland. ... Wyszogród is a town in Poland in Masovian Voivodship, located in the middle of Płońsk Upland, by the Vistula River. ...
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On 7 and 8 September 1939 armies Poznan and Pomorze retreating from Posnania and Pomerania concentrated in the triangle Leczyca - Wloclawek - Plock.
On 16 September in the morning two armoured divisions, the 1st and the 4th, crossed Bzura in the north and south of Sochaczew and attacked Polish positions.
The rest of the forces of the Armies Poznaс and Pomorze were encircled on the Bzura and annihilated in fights.
On September 9, Polish Poznań Army made a counter-attack from the area south of the Bzurariver, its target were German divisions spread marching between Łęczyca and Łowicz.
German 1st Panzer Division, after crossing the Bzura between Sochaczew and Brochów, and a bloody encounter with the Polish 25th Infantry Division, managed to capture Ruszki, but its advance was then halted.
The 15th Infantry Division and Podolska Cavalry Brigade again crossed the Bzura in Witkowice, the 25th Infantry Division - in Brochow, 17th Infantry Division started to cross the river also in Brochów and the 14th Infantry Division was concentrating its forces in Łaziska.
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