Battle of Krosno

Part of Second Northern War / The Deluge

Date	December 7, 1655
Location	Krosno, Poland
Result	Polish-Lithuanian victory

Belligerents

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Swedish Empire

Commanders and leaders

Gabriel Wojniłłowicz

The Deluge

Ujście Danzig Sobota Żarnów 1st Kraków Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Wojnicz Krosno Jasna Góra Radom Gołąb Jarosław Nisko Zamość Sandomierz Warka Kłecko 1st Warsaw Kcynia Tykocin 2nd Warsaw Łowicz Lubrze 2nd Kraków Prostken Filipów Chojnice Magierów Czarny Ostrów Skałat Toruń Szkudy Grudziądz

Second Northern War

Theaters

"Swedish Deluge" Russo-Swedish (1656–58) Pomerania Dano-Swedish (1657–58) Dano-Swedish (1658–60) Norway Peach Tree War

Battles

Ujście Danzig Sobota Żarnów 1st Cracow Nowy Dwór Wojnicz Krosno Jasna Góra Radom Gołąb Jarosław Nisko Zamość Sandomierz Warka Kłecko 1st Warsaw Kcynia Tykocin 2nd Warsaw Dyneburg Kokenhusen Riga Łowicz Lubrze 2nd Cracow Prostki/Prostken Filipów Chojnice Walk Magierów Czarny Ostrów Skałat March Across the Belts Toruń Kolding Szkudy Copenhagen Sound Ebeltoft Grudziądz Nyborg

Treaties

The Battle of Krosno on December 7, 1655. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Gabriel Wojniłłowicz defeated the Swedish forces, supported by their Polish allies under Colonel Aleksander Pracki. The battle was regarded as a symbol of Polish resistance to the invaders, as it was first Polish victory since the Swedish invasion of summer 1655.

In November 1655, when Swedish forces reached Krosno, the town opened its gates to the invaders. The sejmik of the Przemysl Land, which convened here, pledged allegiance to Charles Gustav. Soon afterwards, however, residents of Krosno saw the real face of the Swedes, who looted, plundered, murdered people and burned houses. Organized by Colonel Gabriel Wojniłłowicz, they renounced their pledge and attacked Swedish garrison, together with their Polish allies. Surprised Swedes lost the battle, and the Poles recaptured the town. Traitors, together with Pracki, were hanged in the market square, while Wojniłłowicz with his unit headed towards Biecz and Nowy Sącz.

References

Andrzej Borcz; Działania wojenne na terenie ziemi przemyskiej i sanockiej w latach "potopu" 1655-1657, Przemyśl 1999 r., ISBN 83-909229-8-3
Marian Ziobro, Krosno i okolice, Rzeszów 1986 r.
Samuel Grądzki, Historia belli Cosacco-Polonici, wyd. K. Koppi, Pestini 1789,
Mieczysław Brzyski, Szwedzi w Małopolsce w latach 1655-1657, Praca dyplomowa w seminarium prof. dr Adama Przybosia, Kraków 1972

Coordinates: 49°41′00″N 21°45′00″E / 49.683333°N 21.750000°E / 49.683333; 21.750000

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