Battle of Trzciana

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The Battle of Trzciana was a 1629 clash during the Polish–Swedish War in which Polish–Lithuanian cavalry forces inflicted a rare and significant defeat on the army of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Trzciana canonical 6
Battle of Trzciana (Honigfelde) (1629) 3
Battle of Trzcianka 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Honigfeld ⓘ
Battle of Honigfelde ⓘ
Bitwa pod Trzcianą ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trzciana
belligerent Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
campaign Gustavus Adolphus’s Prussian campaign ⓘ
casualties heavy Swedish casualties ⓘ
light to moderate Polish–Lithuanian casualties ⓘ
chronologyPosition late phase of the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) ⓘ
combatantLeaderRole Gustavus Adolphus personally commanded Swedish forces ⓘ
commander Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg ⓘ
Herman Wrangel ⓘ
Stanisław Koniecpolski ⓘ
conflict Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) ⓘ
country Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 1629-06-25 ⓘ
era Early Modern period ⓘ
followedBy Truce of Altmark ⓘ
historicalRegion Royal Prussia ⓘ
historicalSignificance demonstrated effectiveness of Polish hussar tactics against Swedish cavalry ⓘ
one of the last major victories of Polish hussars in the Polish–Swedish conflicts ⓘ
involvedForce Imperial cavalry ⓘ
Polish hussars ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian cavalry ⓘ
Swedish cavalry ⓘ
location Trzciana ⓘ
near Stare Pole ⓘ
militaryTheater Baltic theater ⓘ
notableAspect rare defeat of Gustavus Adolphus in open battle ⓘ
significant Polish–Lithuanian cavalry success ⓘ
opponentOf Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
Stanisław Koniecpolski ⓘ
partOf Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) ⓘ
presentDayLocation Poland ⓘ
result Polish–Lithuanian victory ⓘ
tacticalFeature cavalry engagement ⓘ
use of heavy cavalry charges ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Swedish forces forced to retreat ⓘ
weaponTypeUsed firearms ⓘ
lances ⓘ
sabres ⓘ
year 1629 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden → battle → Battle of Trzciana ⓘ
Polish–Swedish wars → hasMajorBattle → Battle of Trzciana ⓘ
Battle of Trzciana → alsoKnownAs → Bitwa pod Trzcianą ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trzciana
Battle of Tczew (1627) → followedBy → Battle of Trzciana (Honigfelde) (1629) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trzciana
Stanisław Koniecpolski → notableBattle → Battle of Trzciana (Honigfelde) (1629) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trzciana
Gustavus Adolphus’s Prussian campaign → hasBattle → Battle of Trzciana (Honigfelde) (1629) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trzciana
Trzciana → historicallyNotableFor → Battle of Trzciana ⓘ
Trzciana → hasEvent → Battle of Trzciana ⓘ
Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) → hasPart → Battle of Trzciana ⓘ
subject linked to: Trzciana
Battle of Honigfeld → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Trzciana ⓘ
Battle of Honigfeld → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Trzcianka ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Trzciana