battle of kircholm

Battle of kircholmBattle of Kircholm was one of the major battles in the

Polish-Swedish War of 1600-1611. The battle was decided

in 20 minutes by the devastating charge of Polish-Lithuanian

Commonwealth cavalry, the Winged Hussars. The battle

ended in the decisive victory of Polish-Lithuanian forces,

and is remembered as the greatest ever triumph of

Commonwealth cavalry. It happened on September 27th,

1605, or September 17th in old style calendar which was

used in Protestant countries.

The days before the battle

Polish and Swedish armies in Livonia

The beginning deployment

The fein

Tatar’s stratagen

Swedish attack

Blow in center

Impact of the Wojna’s troops with the Lindersson’ infantry. Kettler’s

reiters in action.

The fight in center

March towards death

March of the Mansfeld’s and Brandt’s troops along polish to the

fight

The Mansfeld’s and Brandt’s march to the fight

Blow on the flanks

Mansfeld’s troops in scare,

Brandt’s ones in defence

The Dąbrowa’s and Sapieha’s blows on flanks

The beginning of the end

A long march of Lacki’s hussars.

Charles IX led Duke of Luneburg to help Brandt.

The Charles’ IX fatal error

The slaughter of the right Swedish flank The defaet of the let one

The end of the Battle

Reasumption

Today the Battle of Kircholm is studied in military academies as classic. After the battle the Polish King was complimented by pope, English King, Sultan and Shah of Persia and many others sovereigns.Let’s have a look on the table:

Item Commonwealth Sweden

Commander-in-Chief Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Charles IX

Infantry: 1000 6500

Cavalry: 3000 4500

Guns: 7 11

Casualties: 100 dead

200 wounded 8000 dead

In my presentation I used:

• „Husaria” by Jerzy Cichowski, Andrzej Szulczyński

• Wikipedia Server

• The ground map I took from Eduseek Portal.

• I prepared the maps with Adobe Photoshop 7 CE.