| Battle of Warsaw | |||||||||
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| Part of the Second Northern War / The Deluge | |||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Lemke_Skirmish_with_Polish_Tatars.png) Swedish King Charles X Gustav in skirmish with Polish Tartars near Warsaw 1656, by Johann Philip Lemke | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Sweden&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Wappen_Mark_Brandenburg.png){kind=small} Brandenburg-Prussia |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Chor%C4%85giew_kr%C3%B3lewska_kr%C3%B3la_Zygmunta_III_Wazy.svg){kind=small} Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_(15th_century).svg){kind=small} Crimean Khanate | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Charles X Gustav of Sweden (WIA) Frederick William |
John II Casimir of Poland | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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9,500 Swedish 8,500 Prussians Total: 18,000:[1]: 174 5,500 infantry 12,500 cavalry 80 cannons |
36,000–39,000 Polish–Lithuanian 2,000 Crimean Tatars[3] Total: about 40,000:[1]: 173 4,500 infantry 35,500 cavalry | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Between 700[4] and 1,300 men[5] | Between 2,000[6] and 4,000 men[7] | ||||||||
The Battle of Warsaw (German: Schlacht von Warschau; Polish: Bitwa pod Warszawą; Swedish: Tredagarsslaget vid Warschau) took place near Warsaw on July 28–July 30 [O.S. July 18–20] 1656, between the armies of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden and Brandenburg. It was a major battle in the Second Northern War between Poland and Sweden in the period 1655–1660, also known as The Deluge. According to Hajo Holborn, it marked "the beginning of Prussian military history".[8]
In the battle, a smaller Swedish-Brandenburg force, but with the fire superiority of infantry and artillery gained tactical victory over a Polish–Lithuanian force superior in numbers, though in the long term the victory achieved little. Polish–Lithuanian losses were insignificant, since the Polish-Lithuanian forces, including the sizeable noble levy retreated in good order from the battlefield.
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Frostwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Battle of Warsaw | Summary | Britannica".
- ^ Majewski, Andrzej A.: Szarża husarska pod Warszawą 29 lipca 1656 roku {in} Przegląd Historyczno-Wojskowy, 2012, Tom 13 (64), Numer 3 (241) Wojskowe Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej w Warszawie, ISSN 1640-6281, S. 167.
- ^ Curt Jany: History of the Prussian Army – From the 15th century to 1914, Volume 1, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1967, p. 130
- ^ Lars Ericson Wolke, Martin Hårdstedt, Per Iko, Ingvar Sjöblom and Gunnar Åselius: "Svenska slagfält", Wahlström & Widstrand, p. 189
- ^ Sundberg (2010). Sveriges krig 1630–1814. p. 134
- ^ Claes-Göran Isacson, Karl X Gustavs Krig (2002) Lund, Historiska Media. p. 72.
- ^ Holborn, Hajo (1982). A History of Modern Germany: 1648–1840. Vol. 2. Princeton University Press. p. 57. ISBN 0-691-00796-9.