Siege of Fellin
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Siege of Fellin | |||||||
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Part of the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11) | |||||||
Hetman Jan Zamoyski | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sweden | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jan Zamoyski | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
800 | 5,000 |
The Siege of Fellin took place between 25 March and 17 May 1602 during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). Polish and Lithuanian forces led by Grand Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski besieged the Swedish-held town of Fellin (present-day Viljandi in Estonia). The large Polish–Lithuanian army of around 5,000 troops first took the town, while the Swedish defenders, numbering around 800, retreated to the city's castle. After a second frontal attack on the castle, during which the Voivode of Wenden Jerzy Farensbach was killed, the Swedish garrison capitulated, although a group of Finnish soldiers refused to surrender and blew themselves up in the castle's tower. Fellin was later recaptured by the Swedes in the .[1]
References[]
- ^ Sundberg, Ulf: Sveriges krig 1448-1630, p. 303, Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek, Stockholm 2010, ISBN 978-91-85789-62-7
- Podhorodecki, Leszek. Rapier i koncerz: z dziejów wojen polsko-szwedzkich. Książka i Wiedza. Warsaw. 1985.
Categories:
- Battles involving the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Sieges involving the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Sieges involving Poland
- Sieges involving Sweden
- Conflicts in 1602
- Viljandi
- 17th century in Estonia
- Military history of Estonia
- 1602 in Europe