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'''Battle of Lubiszewo''' ({{lang-de|Lübschau}})<ref>Paul Simson: Der Artushof in Danzig und seine Brüderschaften [http://books.google.com/books?id=q1saAAAAMAAJ&q=l%C3%BCbschau+1577&dq=l%C3%BCbschau+1577&lr=&pgis=1]</ref><ref>Boris Vasilyevich Köhne: ''Koehne's Zeitschrift für Münz-, Siegel- und Wappenkunde'' 1845, [http://books.google.com/books?id=a5cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=winkelbruch+1577&lr= bei Lübschau (unweit Dirschau)]</ref>) took place on 17 April 1577 during the [[Danzig rebellion]], near [[ |
'''Battle of Lubiszewo''' ({{lang-de|Lübschau}})<ref>Paul Simson: Der Artushof in Danzig und seine Brüderschaften [http://books.google.com/books?id=q1saAAAAMAAJ&q=l%C3%BCbschau+1577&dq=l%C3%BCbschau+1577&lr=&pgis=1]</ref><ref>Boris Vasilyevich Köhne: ''Koehne's Zeitschrift für Münz-, Siegel- und Wappenkunde'' 1845, [http://books.google.com/books?id=a5cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=winkelbruch+1577&lr= bei Lübschau (unweit Dirschau)]</ref>) took place on 17 April 1577 during the [[Danzig rebellion]], near [[Tczew]] (Dirschau) on the [[Vistula]]. |
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The Danzig (Gdańsk) army, led by the German commander [[Johann Winkelbruch]] (Hans Winckelburg von Kölln), was about 7,000-12,000 strong (including mercenaries, among them a Scottish regiment<ref>''The regiment of six companies numbering about 700 men was hired by Danzig in 1577-8 and won great fame in the city's rebellion against Poland.'' - [[Richard Brzezinski]]: Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2), [[Osprey Publishing]] [http://books.google.com/books?id=6KrUDhbGDVcC&pg=PA4&dq=battle+Danzig+1577&lr=&sig=D90HVm0cWQGMh5q0A1ADMUeVEkQ]</ref>), but with less then 1,000 of cavalry. The Danzig army of was utterly defeated by the army of [[Jan Zborowski]] (of about 2,000 men, half of them cavalry).<ref>Radosław Sikora, Lubieszów 17 IV 1577, Zabrze 2005.</ref><ref name="Davies321">Norman Davies, ''God's Playground: A History of Poland in Two Volumes'', Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0199253390, [http://books.google.com/books?id=07vm4vmWPqsC&pg=PA321&dq=Bathory+1577+Danzig&as_brr=3&ei=KZggSP_9O4-KzQSe3bWiDg&sig=yGVWWNicsvxiamaqcJhKpY-OLOI#PPA321,M1 Google Print, p.321]</ref> The Danzigers, who lost over half of their army to casualties and surrenders, were forced to retreat behind the walls, and the [[Siege of Danzig (1577)|a siege begun]]. |
The Danzig (Gdańsk) army, led by the German commander [[Johann Winkelbruch]] (Hans Winckelburg von Kölln), was about 7,000-12,000 strong (including mercenaries, among them a Scottish regiment<ref>''The regiment of six companies numbering about 700 men was hired by Danzig in 1577-8 and won great fame in the city's rebellion against Poland.'' - [[Richard Brzezinski]]: Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2), [[Osprey Publishing]] [http://books.google.com/books?id=6KrUDhbGDVcC&pg=PA4&dq=battle+Danzig+1577&lr=&sig=D90HVm0cWQGMh5q0A1ADMUeVEkQ]</ref>), but with less then 1,000 of cavalry. The Danzig army of was utterly defeated by the army of [[Jan Zborowski]] (of about 2,000 men, half of them cavalry).<ref>Radosław Sikora, Lubieszów 17 IV 1577, Zabrze 2005.</ref><ref name="Davies321">Norman Davies, ''God's Playground: A History of Poland in Two Volumes'', Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0199253390, [http://books.google.com/books?id=07vm4vmWPqsC&pg=PA321&dq=Bathory+1577+Danzig&as_brr=3&ei=KZggSP_9O4-KzQSe3bWiDg&sig=yGVWWNicsvxiamaqcJhKpY-OLOI#PPA321,M1 Google Print, p.321]</ref> The Danzigers, who lost over half of their army to casualties and surrenders, were forced to retreat behind the walls, and the [[Siege of Danzig (1577)|a siege begun]]. |
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Battle of Lubiszewo (German: Lübschau)[1][2]) took place on 17 April 1577 during the Danzig rebellion, near Tczew (Dirschau) on the Vistula.
The Danzig (Gdańsk) army, led by the German commander Johann Winkelbruch (Hans Winckelburg von Kölln), was about 7,000-12,000 strong (including mercenaries, among them a Scottish regiment[3]), but with less then 1,000 of cavalry. The Danzig army of was utterly defeated by the army of Jan Zborowski (of about 2,000 men, half of them cavalry).[4][5] The Danzigers, who lost over half of their army to casualties and surrenders, were forced to retreat behind the walls, and the a siege begun.
References
- ^ Paul Simson: Der Artushof in Danzig und seine Brüderschaften [1]
- ^ Boris Vasilyevich Köhne: Koehne's Zeitschrift für Münz-, Siegel- und Wappenkunde 1845, bei Lübschau (unweit Dirschau)
- ^ The regiment of six companies numbering about 700 men was hired by Danzig in 1577-8 and won great fame in the city's rebellion against Poland. - Richard Brzezinski: Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2), Osprey Publishing [2]
- ^ Radosław Sikora, Lubieszów 17 IV 1577, Zabrze 2005.
- ^ Norman Davies, God's Playground: A History of Poland in Two Volumes, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0199253390, Google Print, p.321