Biala

Bridgetower was born in Biala, Poland, in 1789, of an African father and either a German or Polish mother.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Bridgetower was born in Biala, Poland, in 1789, of an African father and either a German or Polish mother.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Bridgetower was born in Biala, Poland, in 1789, of an African father and either a German or Polish mother.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

Biala and at Staszkowka stormed seven successive Russian lines which were stubbornly held.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

Oct. 8 -- Russians claim repulse of Germans in Russian Poland and capture of Biala; Germans deny Russian advance in Suwalki; gains by Montenegrins in Herzegovina.

The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various

Nov. 4 -- Russians capture Barkalarjewo, drive left wing of German Army back toward Biala and Lyck, and dislodge rear guards from Kola and

The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Various

A Polish chronicler, b. of noble parentage on the patrimonial estate of Biala (whence the family name), in the province of Sieradz,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Ten miles north of Ciezkovice lies the triangle formed by the confluence of the Dunajec and Biala rivers and the Zakliczyn-Gromnik road.

The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902

Here he had deployed the three armies which had held the entire front from the Biala to Uzsok in the beginning of

The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902

Biala near Tuchow and moved northward in the direction of the road leading from Tarnow to Pilzno, along which the remainder of the garrison would have to pass in order to retreat.

The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902