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Battle of kircholm

Battle of kircholm.

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Battle of kircholm

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  1. Battle of kircholm Battle of Kircholm was one of the major battles in the Polish-Swedish War of 1600-1611. The battle was decided in 20 minutes by the devastating charge of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cavalry, the Winged Hussars. The battle ended in the decisive victory of Polish-Lithuanian forces, and is remembered as the greatest ever triumph of Commonwealth cavalry. It happened on September 27th, 1605, or September 17th in old style calendar which was used in Protestant countries.

  2. The days before the battle Polish and Swedish armies in Livonia

  3. The beginning deployment

  4. The fein Tatar’s stratagen

  5. Swedish attack

  6. Blow in center Impact of the Wojna’s troops with the Lindersson’ infantry. Kettler’s reiters in action.

  7. The fight in center

  8. March towards death March of the Mansfeld’s and Brandt’s troops along polish to the fight

  9. The Mansfeld’s and Brandt’s march to the fight

  10. Blow on the flanks Mansfeld’s troops in scare, Brandt’s ones in defence

  11. The Dąbrowa’s and Sapieha’s blows on flanks

  12. The beginning of the end A long march of Lacki’s hussars. Charles IX led Duke of Luneburg to help Brandt.

  13. The Charles’ IX fatal error

  14. The slaughter of the right Swedish flank The defaet of the let one

  15. The end of the Battle

  16. Reasumption

  17. Today the Battle of Kircholm is studied in military academies as classic. After the battle the Polish King was complimented by pope, English King, Sultan and Shah of Persia and many others sovereigns. Let’s have a look on the table:

  18. In my presentation I used: • „Husaria” by Jerzy Cichowski, Andrzej Szulczyński • Wikipedia Server • The ground map I took from Eduseek Portal. • I prepared the maps with Adobe Photoshop 7 CE.

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