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Originally the term was applied exclusively to the young volunteers ( such as Antoni Petrykiewicz ), who had participated in the so called Defence of Lwów (), i. e. during the fights within the city ( November 1 to November 22, 1918 ) and the following siege by the Ukrainian army from November 23, 1918 to May 22, 1919.

With time, however, the term's application was broadened, and it is now used for all the young soldiers who fought in the area of Eastern Galicia in the defense of the Polish cause in the Polish-Ukrainian War and the Polish-Bolshevik War.

In addition to the young Polish nationals of Lviv, those fighting in the Polish-Ukrainian battle for Przemyśl () are also frequently referred to as Eaglets ( Pol.

Orlęta Przemyskie ).