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'''Battle of Lubiszewo''' ({{lang-de|Lübschau}})<ref>Paul Simson: Der Artushof in Danzig und seine Brüderschaften </ref><ref>Boris Vasilyevich Köhne: ''Koehne's Zeitschrift für Münz-, Siegel- und Wappenkunde'' 1845, </ref>) took place on 17 April 1577 during the ], near ] (Tczew) on the ]. |
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'''Battle of Lubiszewo''' ({{lang-de|Lübschau}})<ref>Paul Simson: Der Artushof in Danzig und seine Brüderschaften </ref><ref>Boris Vasilyevich Köhne: ''Koehne's Zeitschrift für Münz-, Siegel- und Wappenkunde'' 1845, </ref>) took place on 17 April 1577 during the ], near ] (Dirschau) on the ]. |
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The Danzig (Gdańsk) army, led by the German commander ] (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.'' - ]: Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2), ] </ref>), but with less then 1,000 of cavalry. The Danzig army of was utterly defeated by the army of ] (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, </ref> The Danzigers, who lost over half of their army to casualties and surrenders, were forced to retreat behind the walls, and the ]. |
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The Danzig (Gdańsk) army, led by the German commander ] (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.'' - ]: Polish Armies 1569-1696 (2), ] </ref>), but with less then 1,000 of cavalry. The Danzig army of was utterly defeated by the army of ] (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, </ref> The Danzigers, who lost over half of their army to casualties and surrenders, were forced to retreat behind the walls, and the ]. |
