The Battle of Sobota took place near Sobota, Poland, on 23 August 1655, between the armies of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth on the one hand and of Sweden on the other.
| Battle of Sobota | |||||||
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| Part of the Northern War of 1655–1660 / The Deluge | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Swedish Empire |
 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Charles X of Sweden |
John II Casimir of Poland Aleksander Koniecpolski | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| c. 25,000 men | Unknown | ||||||
After Charles X Gustav's entry into Poland, he made camp at Koło. Here the Swedish king received representatives from John II Casimir of Poland in an attempt to sue for peace. The Polish attempts were in vain and the Swedish king marched towards Warsaw. John II Casimir put up a small army in order to hinder the Swedish advance while seeking assistance from other rulers. The forces clashed on 23 August, resulting in a Swedish victory as the Polish forces were routed after rapid, but intense fighting.[1][2]
After the battle, Charles X Gustav left the majority of his army under the command of field marshal Arvid Wirtenberg von Debern while he himself continued his march towards Warsaw with about 2000 cavalry and 1200 infantry.[3] Warsaw fell with no resistance on 29 August.
References
edit- ^ Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson, Sveriges historia under konungarne af pfalziska huset, Volume 1, Stockholm: Norstedt, 1855, OCLC 457282269, p. 112 (Swedish).
- ^ Carl Efraim Josua Leonhard Wibling, Carl X Gustaf och Georg Rakoczy II, Lund: Berlingska, 1891, p. 13 (Swedish).
- ^ Johan Levin Carlbom, Om Karl X Gustafs polska krig och öfvergången till det 2dra. Sundskriget Karl Gustaf Wrangel (1654–1658), Göteborg: Ericson, 1905, OCLC 490761533, p. 16 (Swedish).
Sources
edit- (in Swedish) Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek [1]
- (in Polish) Leszek Podhorodecki, Rapier i koncerz, Warsaw 1985, ISBN 83-05-11452-X, pp. 247–248
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