Krukowiecki fought in the campaigns against
Turkish troops in the
Balkans during the 6th
Austro-Turkish War (1788-1791). In September 1794 Krukowiecki protested against the Austrian
Habsburg monarchy response to the March–November 1794
Kościuszko Uprising by the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and resigned his
officer's commission. He spent the next 12 years in retirement. In 1806 Krukowiecki joined the French army and fought in Napoleon's campaigns. In 1812 he was part of the Napoleon's army in the war against Russia. He was wounded at
Smolensk and received the
Legion of Honour, was promoted to general of brigade and took command of a
cavalry brigade. At the
battle of Leipzig he fought under general
Sokolnicki but failed to secure the
Halle Gate. On 1 March 1814 Krukowiecki received command of the Polish guard of honor at
Versailles. In 1814
Tsar Alexander I commissioned Krukowiecki to go to England because of his knowledge of the language. He was to secure the reparations of Polish prisoners of war. When he returned to Paris, he saw that his conduct in Leipzig was questioned in a public pamphlet. He sued general Sokolnicki, who had written the pamphlet under a
pseudonym, but lost. Krukowiecki proceeded to report to the Tsar and arrived in Moscow in February 1815 before he returned to Paris. On 16 April the same year, during a banquet in honor of Russian and Polish officers, he stomped on Sokolnicki's toe. He was subjected to a
court martial but when Sokolnicki died in September 1816, Krukowiecki was merely removed from active army service and returned to Poland. In August 1831 Krukowiecki became head of Polish government during the November Uprising, but had to surrender
Warsaw to the Russians in September and was sent to
Siberia. When he returned to Poland where he was tried for treason but acquitted. Krukowiecki settled on his wife's estate at Popień, near
Rogowo, where he died on 17 April 1850. ==Honours and awards==