23 SEPTEMBER 2000, Page 30

Our Jewish allies

From Mr John Colvin Sir: To 'Kosher Cossacks' (16 September) one might add that Joselewicz's light caval- rymen in 1809 were not the only Jewish troops to fight for Poland (see my Lions of Judah, Quartet 1997), whether or not drawn from Potemkin's recruits. The Jews in Pilsudski's legion against the Russians in 1920, and those with General Anders by our side at Monte Cassino, should not be forgotten; nor should the heroes of the ZOB (Jewish Fighting Organisation) in Warsaw against the Nazis.

John Colvin

London SW1