Battle of Reval (1602)

Battle of Reval

Date	June 30, 1602
Location	Reval, present day Estonia
Result	Polish victory

Belligerents

Sweden

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Commanders and leaders

Reinhold Arnep

Stanisław Żółkiewski

Casualties and losses

200 killed

The Battle of Reval took place on June 30, 1602, during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) near present day Tallinn in Estonia.

The Polish forces were led by Grand Field Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski who had been sent against Swedish forces gathering by Tallinn by Grand Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski. Żółkiewski attacked "on the march" with two squadrons of Polish hussars. The charge however was not successful. As a result the Swedish forces put up frisian horses as a protection against further frontal cavalry charges. Żółkiewski then sent light cavalry on a round about flanking maneuver which attacked the Swedes from behind, coinciding with another charge by the hussars. The Swedish lines broke as a result. The Swedes were led by Reinhold Arnep.

References

Leszek Podhorodecki, "Stanisław Żółkiewski", Warszawa 1988, ISBN 83-205-4082-8

Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11

Karksi Lambazi Wenden Ergle Kokenhausen Wolmar Fellin Reval Weissenstein (siege) Rakvere Pärnu (1603) Narva Weissenstein Kircholm Daugavgrīva (1608) Pärnu Salis Riga Pärnu (1609) Daugavgriva (1609)

Polish–Swedish wars

Livonian Sigismund 1600–11 1617–18 1621–25 1626–29 2nd Northern (Deluge) Great Northern War of the Fourth Coalition War of the Sixth Coalition

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