Battle of Vistula Lagoon

Battle of Vistula Lagoon

Warbox
conflict=Battle of Zatoka Świeża
colour_scheme=background:#cccccc
partof=Thirteen Years' War
date=September 15, 1463
place=Vistula Lagoon
result=Polish and Prussian Confederation victory
combatant1=Prussian Confederation, Polish Crown
combatant2=Teutonic Order
commander1=Vincent Stolle
Matthew Kolmener
James Vochs
commander2=Ludwig von Erlichshausen
Bernard von Zinnenberg
strength1=30 ships
500 men
strength2=44 ships
1,500 men
casualties1=Unknown, but little
casualties2=550 men captured, a few hundred killed and wounded

The Battle of Vistula Lagoon ( _pl. Bitwa na Zalewie Wiślanym or "Zatoka Świeża") was fought on September 15, 1463 between the Teutonic Order navy, and the navy of Prussian Confederation which was allied with the King of Poland.

The Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Ludwig von Erlichshausen, was leading the Teutonic fleet, attempting to come to the aid of the besieged city of Mewe (Gniew) via the Vistula river. Despite having fewer ships, the Prussians with their naval experience as Hanseatic League members remained victorious, gaining control of the Vistula.

ee also

*Prussian Confederation
*Battle of Oliwa

External links

* [http://www.rzygacz.webd.pl/index.php?id=42,262,0,0,1,0 Course of events]
*Daniel Stone, "The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795", 2001, ISBN 0295980931 [http://books.google.com/books?id=LFgB_l4SdHAC&pg=PA29&dq=September+1463+vistula&lr=&sig=PNWBXGYrLrKWPhIP9TmakRGhJJ8#PPA29,M1]


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