Battle of Łowicz

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Hans Böddeker

Strength

6,000 cavalry (4,000 Poles, 2,000 Tatars)

1,500 cavalry

Casualties and losses

Unknown

1,470 killed

The Deluge

Ujście Danzig Sobota Żarnów 1st Kraków Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Wojnicz Krosno Jasna Góra Radom Gołąb Jarosław Nisko Zamość Sandomierz Warka Kłecko 1st Warsaw Kcynia Tykocin 2nd Warsaw Łowicz Lubrze 2nd Kraków Prostken Filipów Chojnice Magierów Czarny Ostrów Skałat Toruń Szkudy Grudziądz

Theaters

"Swedish Deluge" Russo-Swedish (1656–58) Pomerania Dano-Swedish (1657–58) Dano-Swedish (1658–60) Norway Peach Tree War

Battles

Ujście Danzig Sobota Żarnów 1st Cracow Nowy Dwór Wojnicz Krosno Jasna Góra Radom Gołąb Jarosław Nisko Zamość Sandomierz Warka Kłecko 1st Warsaw Kcynia Tykocin 2nd Warsaw Dyneburg Kokenhusen Riga Łowicz Lubrze 2nd Cracow Prostki/Prostken Filipów Chojnice Walk Magierów Czarny Ostrów Skałat March Across the Belts Toruń Kolding Szkudy Copenhagen Sound Ebeltoft Grudziądz Nyborg

Treaties

The Battle of Łowicz on August 25, 1656 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimean Khanate commanded by Stefan Czarniecki on one side, and on the other Swedish forces commanded by Hans Böddeker. Polish-Tatar forces won the battle.

References

Leszek Podhorodecki, Rapier i koncerz, Warszawa 1985, ISBN 83-05-11452-X, p. 324
Mirosław Nagielski, Warszawa 1656, Warszawa 1990, Wydawnictwo Bellona, ISBN 83-11-07786-X, p. 233

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