Conflict: | Battle of Koniecpol |
Partof: | the Great Northern War and the Swedish invasion of Russia |
Date: | November 21, 1708 |
Place: | Koniecpol, Poland |
Map Type: | Poland Silesian Voivodeship#Poland |
Map Relief: | yes |
Result: | Augustus supporters victory |
Combatant1: | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (supporters of king Augustus II the Strong) |
Combatant2: | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (supporters of king Stanisław Leszczyński) |
Commander1: | Jakub Zygmunt Rybiński Ludwik Konstanty Pociej |
Commander2: | Józef Potocki |
Strength1: | 10,000 men |
Strength2: | 10,000 men |
Casualties1: | 200 killed, unknown number of wounded |
Casualties2: | 380 killed, 1,000 wounded, 2,000 captured |
The Battle of Koniecpol was an encounter in November 1708 during the Great Northern War.
Near Koniecpol in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, pro-Swedish forces under Stanisław Leszczyński met with anti-Swedish forces of the Sandomierz Confederation, loyal to Augustus the Strong and allied with Russia. Both armies had a strength of about 10,000 men.[1] Leszczyński was defeated, and thus unable to aid Charles XII of Sweden in the Russian campaign.[2]