Battle of Koniecpol explained

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.

History

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Frost, Robert I. The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558-1721. Longman. Harlow. 2000. 978-0-582-06429-4. 270.
  2. Dorrell, Nicholas. The Dawn of the Tsarist Empire: Poltava & the Russian Campaigns of 1708—1709, Partizan Press (2009). pp 149