Battle of Koniecpol

Battle of Koniecpol
Part of the Great Northern War
Date November 21, 1708 Location Koniecpol, Poland Result Decisive Augustus supporters victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (supporters of king Augustus II the Strong)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (supporters of king Stanisław Leszczyński)
Commanders and leaders
Jakub Zygmunt Rybiński Ludwik Konstanty Pociej	Józef Potocki
Strength
10,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
200 killed	1,380 killed 2,000 captured

The Battle of Koniecpol was an encounter in November 1708 during the Great Northern War. Near Koniecpol in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, pro-Swedish forces under Stanisław Leszczyński met with anti-Swedish forces of the Sandomierz Confederation, loyal to Augustus the Strong and allied with Russia. Both armies had a strength of about 10,000 men. Leszczyński was defeated, and thus unable to aid Charles XII of Sweden in his unfortunate Russian campaign.

Sources

• • Frost, Robert I (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558-1721. Harlow: Longman. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-582-06429-4.