Adalbert Chrzanowski, a Polish general, born in the palatinate of Cracow in 1788, died in Louisiana in 1861. He took part in Napoleon's campaign against Russia (1812), and fought at Leipsic (1813), under the walls of Paris (1814), and at Waterloo (1815). After the fall of Napoleon he took service in the national army of Poland, at that time reorganized as a kingdom by the emperor Alexander I., and served under Diebitseh in Turkey (1828-'9). Having been made lieutenant colonel, he was at Warsaw when the Polish revolution of 1830 broke out. Adhering to the provisional government, he was appointed commander of the fortress of Modlin, January, 1831, and subsequently chief of Skrzy-necki's staff. He distinguished himself by his defence of the line of the Wieprz, by his victory at Kock, by his successful operations in Podlachia, and by his retreat to and from Zamosc, -whence he carried a large park of artillery to the capital. Having been made general of brigade, he was further promoted to the rank of general of division after the victory of Minsk (July 14); but an interview held with Gen. Thiemann, the object of which was not divulged, roused suspicion against him, which was strengthened by his opposition to strong measures, and by the inactivity of Skrzynecki, who followed his suggestions.

But in spite of his. freely uttered misgivings as to the final success of the struggle, he retained his command, and after the events of the night of Aug. 15 was appointed governor of Warsaw under Krukowiecki. His behavior, however, during the storming of Warsaw, and his staying in the conquered capital, which he was allowed to leave afterward with a Prussian passport, seemed to confirm the charges against him. After his arrival at Brussels a formal protest was sent to the Belgian government from the Polish organization in Paris against his reception as a Polish refugee. In 1849, after a lapse of 18 years spent in obscurity, he was chosen by Charles Albert of Sardinia as commander-in-chief, though only with the rank of lieutenant general, in his second war against Austria. His arrangements, which made Novara and the highway to Milan the centre of operations, and neglected the lines of the Ticino and Po, and the unexpected advance of Radetzky, who crossed the Po at Pavia and cut off the corps of Ramorino, combined to produce the disaster of Novara (March 23), which terminated the short campaign and the political career of Charles Albert. Chrzanowski and Ramorino were both charged with treachery, and the latter was executed.

Chrzanowski put forth an elaborate vindication of his conduct, returned to Paris in 1850, and some time after emigrated to America.