Battle of Kircholm

BelligerentsPoland–LithuaniaSwedenCommanders and leadersJan Karol Chodkiewicz
Jan Piotr Sapieha Charles IX
Anders Lennartsson †Strength 3,600, 5 guns 10,868, 11 gunsCasualties and losses 300 killed or woundedc. 8,000 killed, wounded, or captured

The Battle of Kircholm took place on 27 September[O.S. 17 September] 1605 during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) near Kircholm, now Salaspils in Latvia. A Swedish expedition besieging Riga was defeated by a smaller Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth relief force and abandoned the attempt.