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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.
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 .
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 ...
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 .
Receiving the news of the siege of Gniew by Sigismund III, Gustav moved to rescue the town which was defended by 200 men, and on his way took Walichnowy, on September 11. Sigismund III Vasa, besieging the city, moved his forces to the north, near Ciepłe, and then took positions on a steep bank. Gniew was of great strategic value for the Swedes ...
This is a chronological list of wars in which Poland or its predecessor states of took an active part, extending from the reign of Mieszko I (960–992) to the present. This list does not include peacekeeping operations (such as UNPROFOR, UNTAES or UNMOP), humanitarian missions or training missions supported by the Polish Armed Forces.
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 ...
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.