Battle of Listenhoff
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The Battle of Listenhoff was fought during the
Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625) The Polish–Swedish War of 1621 to 1625 was a war in a long-running series of conflicts between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedish Empire. It began with a Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian fiefdom Livonia. Swedish f ...
, between
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...
and the
Swedish Empire The Swedish Empire was a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries ( sv, Stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power"). The beginning of the empire is usually ta ...
on October 12, 1625. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of
Aleksander Gosiewski Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski ( lt, Aleksandras Korvinas Gosievskis) ''de armis'' Ślepowron (b. – d. 1639), was a Polish nobleman, military commander and diplomat, Lithuanian Field-Quartermaster since 1630, Palatine-Governor of Smolensk fr ...
defeated the Swedish forces commanded by Gustav Horn. Mariusz Balcere
Narodziny polskich Inflant Walki o Dyneburg w latach 1625-1627
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*Compendium Diariussu Expeditiej Jego Mci Pana Hetmana Wielkiego Litewskiego do Inflant w roku 1625 Listenhoff 1625 Listenhoff 1625 Listenhoff 1625 Listenhoff 1625 in Europe Military history of Latvia {{sweden-battle-stub