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The Livonian campaign was a successful Swedish invasion into Livonia during the Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625) and the start of the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629). It resulted in the Swedes conquering all of Livonia.
Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire (1626–29) Kingdom of Sweden (known as Swedish Empire after 1611) Defeat 1611: disputed; status quo; 1618: indecisive; 1625: Swedish victory; 1629: Swedish victory; 1605–1618 Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) (Dmytriads) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ...
The Polish–Swedish War of 1626–1629 was the fourth stage (after 1600–1611, 1617–1618, and 1620–1625) in a series of conflicts between Sweden and Poland fought in the 17th century. It began in 1626 and ended four years later with the Truce of Altmark and later at Stuhmsdorf with the Treaty of Stuhmsdorf .
On 13 January 1626 he concentrated his forces, and on 17 January 1626 the Battle of Wallhof took place, [4] in which for the first time Swedish forces defeated the Commonwealth in open battle. At the Battle of Gniew , on 22 September and 29 September to 1 October 1626, the Swedish forces stopped three attacks by the hussars .
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving Lithuania throughout its history as a kingdom (1251–1263), grand duchy (1236–1251; 1263–1795, although part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during 1569–1795) and a modern republic (1918–1940; 1990 – present), including as well the uprisings of the 19th and 20th centuries to recreate Lithuanian statehood.
Swedish forces consisting of 4,900 men (2,100 of them cavalry) with six guns under Gustavus II Adolphus ambushed and took by surprise a Polish-Lithuanian force of 2,000–7,000 men (sources differ) with three guns under Jan Stanisław Sapieha.
The Battle of Gniew [7] or the Battle of Mewe [8] was fought during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629), between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 22 September with initial skirmishes, to the main battle of October 1 1626.
The Battle of Ostróda was a battle that took place on the 23rd of October 1628 in Ostróda during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski and Jakub Butler against the Swedish Empire commanded by colonel Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin. It resulted in a Polish ...