Battle of Kłecko

Battle of Kłecko
	Part of Second Northern War / The Deluge
	; Battle of Kłecko by Johann Philip Lemke
Date	May 7, 1656
Location	near Gniezno, Poland
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Carl Gustaf Wrangel; Adolf Johan av Pfalz-Zweibrücken	Stefan Czarniecki
Strength
7,000	12,000
Casualties and losses
Carl Gustaf Wrangel: 100 killed and wounded; 428 killed	Stefan Czarniecki: 70 dead and wounded; 130 killed; John Thurloe: 600 killed on spot, 1,400 in pursuit; von Pufendorf: 600 killed on spot, 2,500 in pursuit

The Battle of Kłecko was fought on May 7, 1656, between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Regimentarz Stefan Czarniecki and Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski and a Swedish force commanded by prince Adolf Johan av Pfalz-Zweibrücken. The Polish–Lithuanian force was more than 12,000 strong and consisted mostly of cavalry, while the Swedes numbered around 7,000 artillery, infantry and cavalry. The Swedes achieved a tactical victory in that they escaped destruction by the Poles, who were unable to get to the Swedish army entrenched behind the Welnianka River, and various ditches and swamps. Swedish army lost 428 dead, while the Polish army sustained 70 dead and wounded, 2,000 dead or 3,000 dead (depending on sources), including 40 companions dead (both hetman Czarniecki and Polish hussar companion Kochowski (who was fighting in this battle) quote this number of Polish losses).

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