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I added the info on de la Gardie and Horn based on the article in pl wiki. However, this (yes, I'm aware that that's not a RS) suggests that the article may be conflating two different battles: one at Wenden between Horn and Stefan Pac and one at Zelbork between De la Gardie and Gosiewski. That forum also gives Polish forces at 500 + 2 companies of reiters, and Swedish forces at 2500.
Reading some of the comments there, it's also possible that there were two battles at Wenden in 1623, one in September 30 and one on December 3. Like I said, this isn't a reliable source but the commentators there seem knowledgeable. There was also another battle at Wenden in 1601, which I think is better known (I think it was the first engagement between Swedish reiters and Polish hussars. VolunteerMarek 20:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Volunteer Marek 00:44, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
There's also a link given there to a map of Wenden II
[2].
Volunteer Marek
00:47, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Here is the text from the forum and my translation of it:
"Udało mi się dotrzeć do opisu II bitwy pod Wenden (znanej też jako bitwa pod Drobbusch/Drobowitz) w oparciu o listy uczestniczących w niej szwedzkich generałow Niezbyt tego wiele, ale zawsze coś.
Wieczorem 23 listopada (2 grudnia) 1626 roku oddziały szwedzkie pod generałem-majorem Gustavem Hornem - 1900 piechoty, 1780 jazdy, 4 działa - dotarły do Drobusch i rozbiły tam oboz. Piechotę rozlokowano w domach, jazda rozłozyła się na obrzeżach lasu. Rankiem 24 listopada (3 grudnia) Szwedzi zostali zaatakowani z zaskoczenia przez zgrupowanie Gosiewskiego - ok. 4000 żołnierzy, głownie jazdy. Dane o ilości Litwinow pochodzą od jeńcow, więc mogą być przesadzone.
Szwedzkie pikiety zatrzymały jednak napor Litwinow, po czym zostały wsparte przez pozostałą w wiosce piechotę i odparły atak, zdobywając dwa sztandary i biorąc kilku jeńcow. Ogień szwedzkich muszkieterow zmusił litewską jazdę do wycofania się z obrzeży lasu, co pozwoliło na przejście do akcji jazdy szwedzkiej. Szarża jazdy fińskiej musiała dopaść Litwinow w odwrocie - jeżeli wierzyć opisom atak jednego z fińskich skwadronow rozproszył 5 (sic!) chorągwi husarskich, zdobywając 4 sztandary.
Litwini mieli stracić 400 zabitych, 40 jeńcow (w tym chorążego von Essena, brata pułkownika Alexandra von Essena służącego w armii szwedzkiej) i 8 sztandarow."
"I've managed to get a description of the second battle at Wenden (also known as the battle at Drobbusch/Drobowitz) based on letters from Swedish generals who participated in it. It's not much, but always something.
In the evening of 23 November (2 December) 1626 Swedish units under Major General Gustav Horn - 1900 infantry, 1780 cavalry, 4 cannons - arrived at Drobush and set up camp. The infantry was quartered in the local houses, the cavalry stationed itself on the border of a forest. In the morning of November 23 (3 December) the Swedes were surprise attacked by a Gosiewski's group - around 4000 soldiers, mostly cavalry. The data on the number of Lithuanians comes from prisoners so they may be a bit exaggerated.
Swedish advance units ("pikiety" not sure exactly - VM) stopped the Lithuanians after which they received support from the infantry from the village and repulsed the attack, capturing two standards and a couple of prisoners. The fire of the Swedish musketeers forced the Lithuanian cavalry to retreat to the edge of the forest which allowed Swedish cavalry to get into the action. The charge of the Finnish cavalry must have caught the Lithuanians while they were retreating - if we believe the description, the attack by one of the Finnish squadrons scatter 5 (sic !) (sic in original - VM) squadrons of hussars, capturing four standards.
The Lithuanians are said to have lost 400 killed, 40 prisoners (including Chorąży von Essen, brother of colonel Alexander von Essen who served in the Swedish army) and 8 standards"
Attribution: from here [3].
I should correct what I said earlier - the description doesn't say that the Swedes attacks Gosiewski's camp rather that they pitched or set up, camp (Polish word "rozbiły" can mean "they scattered" or in this context it can mean "they set up"), and then they were attacked by Gosiewski's troops. Volunteer Marek 18:03, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Also, according to that source (it is a very good non reliable source) Horn defeated Pac at Wenden I. Volunteer Marek 18:09, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
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I added the info on de la Gardie and Horn based on the article in pl wiki. However, this (yes, I'm aware that that's not a RS) suggests that the article may be conflating two different battles: one at Wenden between Horn and Stefan Pac and one at Zelbork between De la Gardie and Gosiewski. That forum also gives Polish forces at 500 + 2 companies of reiters, and Swedish forces at 2500.
Reading some of the comments there, it's also possible that there were two battles at Wenden in 1623, one in September 30 and one on December 3. Like I said, this isn't a reliable source but the commentators there seem knowledgeable. There was also another battle at Wenden in 1601, which I think is better known (I think it was the first engagement between Swedish reiters and Polish hussars. VolunteerMarek 20:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Volunteer Marek 00:44, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
There's also a link given there to a map of Wenden II
[2].
Volunteer Marek
00:47, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Here is the text from the forum and my translation of it:
"Udało mi się dotrzeć do opisu II bitwy pod Wenden (znanej też jako bitwa pod Drobbusch/Drobowitz) w oparciu o listy uczestniczących w niej szwedzkich generałow Niezbyt tego wiele, ale zawsze coś.
Wieczorem 23 listopada (2 grudnia) 1626 roku oddziały szwedzkie pod generałem-majorem Gustavem Hornem - 1900 piechoty, 1780 jazdy, 4 działa - dotarły do Drobusch i rozbiły tam oboz. Piechotę rozlokowano w domach, jazda rozłozyła się na obrzeżach lasu. Rankiem 24 listopada (3 grudnia) Szwedzi zostali zaatakowani z zaskoczenia przez zgrupowanie Gosiewskiego - ok. 4000 żołnierzy, głownie jazdy. Dane o ilości Litwinow pochodzą od jeńcow, więc mogą być przesadzone.
Szwedzkie pikiety zatrzymały jednak napor Litwinow, po czym zostały wsparte przez pozostałą w wiosce piechotę i odparły atak, zdobywając dwa sztandary i biorąc kilku jeńcow. Ogień szwedzkich muszkieterow zmusił litewską jazdę do wycofania się z obrzeży lasu, co pozwoliło na przejście do akcji jazdy szwedzkiej. Szarża jazdy fińskiej musiała dopaść Litwinow w odwrocie - jeżeli wierzyć opisom atak jednego z fińskich skwadronow rozproszył 5 (sic!) chorągwi husarskich, zdobywając 4 sztandary.
Litwini mieli stracić 400 zabitych, 40 jeńcow (w tym chorążego von Essena, brata pułkownika Alexandra von Essena służącego w armii szwedzkiej) i 8 sztandarow."
"I've managed to get a description of the second battle at Wenden (also known as the battle at Drobbusch/Drobowitz) based on letters from Swedish generals who participated in it. It's not much, but always something.
In the evening of 23 November (2 December) 1626 Swedish units under Major General Gustav Horn - 1900 infantry, 1780 cavalry, 4 cannons - arrived at Drobush and set up camp. The infantry was quartered in the local houses, the cavalry stationed itself on the border of a forest. In the morning of November 23 (3 December) the Swedes were surprise attacked by a Gosiewski's group - around 4000 soldiers, mostly cavalry. The data on the number of Lithuanians comes from prisoners so they may be a bit exaggerated.
Swedish advance units ("pikiety" not sure exactly - VM) stopped the Lithuanians after which they received support from the infantry from the village and repulsed the attack, capturing two standards and a couple of prisoners. The fire of the Swedish musketeers forced the Lithuanian cavalry to retreat to the edge of the forest which allowed Swedish cavalry to get into the action. The charge of the Finnish cavalry must have caught the Lithuanians while they were retreating - if we believe the description, the attack by one of the Finnish squadrons scatter 5 (sic !) (sic in original - VM) squadrons of hussars, capturing four standards.
The Lithuanians are said to have lost 400 killed, 40 prisoners (including Chorąży von Essen, brother of colonel Alexander von Essen who served in the Swedish army) and 8 standards"
Attribution: from here [3].
I should correct what I said earlier - the description doesn't say that the Swedes attacks Gosiewski's camp rather that they pitched or set up, camp (Polish word "rozbiły" can mean "they scattered" or in this context it can mean "they set up"), and then they were attacked by Gosiewski's troops. Volunteer Marek 18:03, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Also, according to that source (it is a very good non reliable source) Horn defeated Pac at Wenden I. Volunteer Marek 18:09, 5 November 2012 (UTC)