Siege of Fellin explained

Conflict:Siege of Fellin
Partof:the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11)
Date:March 25 – May 17, 1602
Place:Fellin, present-day Estonia
Coordinates:58.3667°N 61°W
Result:Polish-Lithuanian victory
Combatant1:Sweden
Combatant2:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commander2:Jan Zamoyski
Stanisław Żółkiewski
Jürgen von Farensbach
Strength1:800
Strength2:5,000

The siege of Fellin took place between 25 March and 17 May 1602 during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). Polish and Lithuanian forces led by Grand Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski besieged the Swedish-held town of Fellin (present-day Viljandi in Estonia). The large Polish–Lithuanian army of around 5,000 troops first took the town, while the Swedish defenders, numbering around 800, retreated to the city's castle. After a second frontal attack on the castle, during which the Voivode of Wenden Jerzy Farensbach was killed, the Swedish garrison capitulated, although a group of Finnish soldiers refused to surrender and blew themselves up in the castle's tower. Fellin was later recaptured by the Swedes in the siege of 1608.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Sundberg, Ulf: Sveriges krig 1448-1630, p. 303, Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek, Stockholm 2010,