Siege of Jasna Góra
You may also be looking for Siege of Jasna Góra (Bar Confederation). The Siege of Jasna Góra (also known less accurately as the Battle of Częstochowa, Polish: Oblężenie Jasnej Góry) took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War, or 'The Deluge' — as the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is known. The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa. Their month-long siege, however, was unsuccessful, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Góra monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta (Polish nobility), fought off the numerically superior Germans (who were hired by Sweden), saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa and, according to some accounts, turn
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Siege of Jasna Góra
You may also be looking for Siege of Jasna Góra (Bar Confederation). The Siege of Jasna Góra (also known less accurately as the Battle of Częstochowa, Polish: Oblężenie Jasnej Góry) took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War, or 'The Deluge' — as the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is known. The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa. Their month-long siege, however, was unsuccessful, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Góra monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta (Polish nobility), fought off the numerically superior Germans (who were hired by Sweden), saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa and, according to some accounts, turn
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Die Belagerung von Jasna Góra ...... n im Krieg gegen Schweden dar.
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Oblężenie Jasnej Góry miało mi ...... topada – 27 grudnia 1655 roku.
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Битва у Ясной Горы или Битва п ...... тоховской икона Божией Матери.
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several hundred men
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22pxPolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
22pxSweden
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1655-12-27
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DecisivePolish victory
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310 and 24—30 cannons
3200 and 17 cannons
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Defence of Jasna Góra in 1655 by January Suchodolski
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General Burchard Müller von der Luhnen
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German mercenaries
Monks, volunteer irregulars, peasant levies and mercenaries
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Die Belagerung von Jasna Góra ...... tochowa, zu retten. Dieses Ere
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Oblężenie Jasnej Góry miało mi ...... topada – 27 grudnia 1655 roku.
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You may also be looking for Si ...... cording to some accounts, turn
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Битва у Ясной Горы или Битва п ...... тоховской икона Божией Матери.
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Belagerung von Jasna Góra
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Oblężenie Jasnej Góry
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Siege of Jasna Góra
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Битва у Ясной Горы
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Siege of Jasna Góra
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