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Swedish garrison of Toruń surrenders

30 XII 1658

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The Swedish garrison of Toruń surrendered to Polish and imperial forces. This ended a months-long siege of a major Swedish stronghold in Prussia.

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Names and variants
pl Kapitulacja szwedzkiej załogi Torunia

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Course of events

The Swedish garrison of Toruń surrendered to Polish and imperial forces. This ended a months-long siege of a major Swedish stronghold in Prussia.1

A closer look

Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski accepted the surrender for the Polish-imperial forces. Barthold Hartwig von Bülow commanded the Swedish garrison. This was the conclusion of a blockade begun on 1 August, not an isolated one-day siege.12

Notes

  1. Kapitulacja szwedzkiej załogi Torunia, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie
  2. Blokada szwedzkiej załogi Torunia, Oś czasu, Warszawa: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego w Warszawie

Campaign: 1658

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