At Wardęgowo, Napoleonic soldiers perished during the retreat from Russia, in 1812.
The marble monument in the form of an obelisk was erected in 2013 in their memory near the village of Wardęgowo, in the commune of Biskupiec (Warmian-Masurian voivodeship). On its base one can read the following inscription in both languages: "To the French soldiers of Napoleon's Grande Armée who died here in 1812". An information panel presenting the historical context of the presence of French troops in the village is placed near the monument. The project was led and partly financed by the "Association for the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage", with the help of European funds. The monument is entered in the register of the Conservator of Monuments in Olsztyn. Its maintenance is carried out by pupils of the primary school of the commune of Ostrowite, who go there twice a year (on 1 November, All Saints' Day, and on 21 June, the date of the monument's inauguration).
The inauguration took place on 21 June 2014 in the presence of, among others, the French defence attaché, Colonel Etienne Champeaux, the Polish deputy minister of culture, Piotr Żuchowski, and French soldiers stationed at Malbork.