Battle of Ujście

Battle of Ujście

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Ujście


caption=
partof=The Deluge
date=July 24-July 25, 1655
place=Ujście
result=treaty of Ujście - Greater Poland becomes Swedish ally
combatant1=
combatant2=
commander1=Field marshal Arvid Wittenberg
commander2= Krzysztof Opaliński
Andrzej Grudziński
strength1=17000
strength2=14400 (13000 pospolite ruszenie and 1400 infantry)
casualties1=
casualties2=
The Battle of Ujście was fought on July 24-July 25, 1655 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Krzysztof Opaliński and Andrzej Grudziński on one side, and on the other Swedish forces commanded by Arvid Wittenberg. Krzysztof Opaliński and Bogusław Leszczyński, dissatisfied with policies of Jan Kazimierz, decided to become Swedish allies together with their pospolite ruszenie of Greater Poland to Charles X Gustav of Sweden.


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