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where Polish forces were divided - infantry, the massed troops and a small part of the cavalry crossed to the left bank of the Vistula, while most of the cavalry remained on the right bank - Jan Kazimierz decided to leave Warsaw. This was strongly opposed by Queen Ludwika Maria, the Great Chancellor of the Crown, Stefan Koryciński, and the Voivode of Łęczyca, Jan Leszczyński. The queen even threatened that if the king and his army left the city, she would stay and defend the capital with her frauche. However, Jan Kazimierz succumbed to the widespread panic and, having failed to ensure the proper evacuation of his equipment, especially his cannons, left Warsaw before the evening.
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The Polish-Lithuanian army lost 2,000 men in the battle (including 600 infantry, close to 1,000 regular cavalry and the fallen from the Bełsk and Sandomierz common ranks, along with journeymen), while the Swedish-Brandenburgian army lost around 1,000. Although the Tartars numbered only 2,000, they
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Despite the operational success of the Swedish Army, the Polish-Lithuanian army retreated unbroken. Thanks to Jan Kazimierz's decision to retreat, the Poles and Lithuanians suffered relatively few losses. In the afternoon of 30 July, a war council was convened at the Royal Castle. In a situation
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In the battle, a smaller Swedish-Brandenburg force, but with the fire superiority of infantry and artillery gained tactical victory over a Polish–Lithuanian force superior in numbers, though in the long term the victory achieved little. Polish–Lithuanian losses were insignificant, since the
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Charles marched his allied army down the right (east) bank of the Vistula on 28 July and assaulted the Polish army. However, the Polish infantry had dug into a narrow corridor along the river bank, which prevented them from being dislodged.
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made their presence felt, snatching as many as 200 carts from the Elector without suffering too many losses. The plague, which soon broke out among Charles Gustav's troops, added several hundred more soldiers to their losses.
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of Brandenburg, were only 18,000 strong, comprising 12,500 cavalry (60 squadrons), and 5,500 infantry (15 brigades), which included 8,500 Brandenburg men. Second in command of Brandenburg's forces was
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regiments, but deprived of support, they were stopped by the flank fire of the Swedish regiments. As a result of the attack, Charles Gustav was in danger and wounded. The
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River and met the approaching Swedish-Brandenburg force on its right bank, about five kilometers to the north of the suburb of
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The Swede and Brandenburg allies occupied the open plain and the Polish–Lithuanian cavalry escaped along the
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Polish-Lithuanian forces, including the sizeable noble levy retreated in good order from the battlefield.
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could react. Aleksander Polbinski's 800 hussars drove into the three lines of cavalry,
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Charles, wheeling left, moved his entire army to the Polish right, through the
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withdrew his army across the Vistula bridge, covered by his cavalry.
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The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich
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Forest onto a narrow plain, consolidating his position before the
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on 10 Aug., and the Brandenburg garrisons replaced the Swedes in
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between Poland and Sweden in the period 1655–1660, also known as
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Leszek Podhorodecki, "Rapier i koncerz", Książka i Wiedza (1985)
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July 18–20] 1656, between the armies of the
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in skirmish with Polish Tartars near Warsaw 1656, by
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Battles involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Warsaw is captured by the Swedish-Brandenburger army
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Battle of Warsaw (disambiguation)
Second Northern War
The Deluge
Swedish King Charles X Gustav in skirmish with Polish Tatars near Warsaw 1656
Charles X Gustav
Johann Philip Lemke
Warsaw
Poland
Swedish Empire
Sweden

Brandenburg-Prussia

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Crimean Khanate
Swedish Empire
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
WIA

Frederick William

John II Casimir of Poland
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