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Battle of Kircholm
  • 1605
  • Latvia
  • Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11

Battle of Kircholm

1605 battle of the Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11

Photo: Peter Snayers · Commons · Public domain · Cropped & Resized

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The Battle of Kircholm took place during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611), on 17 September 1605 near Kircholm, now Salaspils in Latvia. A Swedish expedition was besieging Riga, but was defeated by a smaller Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth relief force and abandoned the attempt.

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Image: Peter Snayers, Public domain · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0