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Imagined river crossing; troop positions are interpretive.
Battle
Battle of Filipów
22 X 1656
DocumentedSwedish-Brandenburg forces defeated Wincenty Gosiewski’s corps at Filipów. The defeat came two weeks after his victory at Prostki.
- Names and variants
- pl Bitwa pod Filipowem
The map shows the town or area of the event; it does not reconstruct troop positions.
Course of events
Swedish-Brandenburg forces defeated Wincenty Gosiewski’s corps at Filipów. The defeat came two weeks after his victory at Prostki.1
A closer look
At Filipów, Gosiewski lost to Swedish-Brandenburg forces only two weeks after his victory at Prostki. Read together, the two battles show how quickly the fortunes of one commander and one theatre could change.12
What was lost after Prostki?
The Polish History Museum says the Tatars left Gosiewski before the next battle. Defeat on 22 October cost him his prisoner, Bogusław Radziwiłł. He subsequently agreed a truce with the elector and withdrew from Ducal Prussia towards Samogitia to support resistance to the Swedes.3
Augusiewicz suggests Wojniłłowicz’s cavalry departed before Filipów; the exact date remains unknown.4
Notes
- Bitwa pod Filipowem, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie
- Bitwa pod Prostkami, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie
- Bitwa pod Prostkami, Muzeum Historii Polski
- Sławomir Augusiewicz, Gabriel Woyniłłowicz, oficer jazdy koronnej z poł. XVII w. Zarys biografii, Studia z Dziejów Wojskowości / Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku, p. 119
Sources for this page
- Bitwa pod Filipowem, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie (Institution)
- Bitwa pod Prostkami, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie (Institution)
- Bitwa pod Prostkami, Muzeum Historii Polski (Institution)
- Sławomir Augusiewicz, Gabriel Woyniłłowicz, oficer jazdy koronnej z poł. XVII w. Zarys biografii, Studia z Dziejów Wojskowości / Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku (Academic study)