Battle of Koniecpol

Battle of Koniecpol Part of the Great Northern War Date November 21, 1708 Location Koniecpol, Poland Result Decisive Augustus supporters victory Belligerents Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (supporters of king Augustus II the Strong) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (supporters of king Stanisław Leszczyński) Commanders and leaders Jakub Zygmunt Rybiński Ludwik Konstanty Pociej Józef Potocki Strength 10,000 men 10,000 men Casualties and losses 200 killed, unknown number of wounded[1] 380 killed, 1,000 wounded, 2,000 captured[1]

The Battle of Koniecpol was an encounter in November 1708 during the Great Northern War. Near Koniecpol in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, pro-Swedish forces under Stanisław Leszczyński met with anti-Swedish forces of the Sandomierz Confederation, loyal to Augustus the Strong and allied with Russia. Both armies had a strength of about 10,000 men.^[2] Leszczyński was defeated, and thus unable to aid Charles XII of Sweden in his unfortunate Russian campaign.^[1]

References

1. Dorrell, Nicholas. The Dawn of the Tsarist Empire: Poltava & the Russian Campaigns of 1708—1709, Partizan Press (2009). pp 149
2. Frost, Robert I (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558-1721. Harlow: Longman. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-582-06429-4.