Battle of Polonka
The Battle of Polonka (Połonka, Palonka) took place near Polonka (Połonka in Polish, Palonka in Belarusian, in modern Belarus) during the Polish-Russian War (1658-1667) on 29 June 1660 between Polish-Lithuanian and Russian forces. Polish-Lithuanian army under Stefan Czarniecki and Paweł Jan Sapieha forced a Russian retreat through a carefully planned Polish hussar ambush and several tactically effective flanking maneuvers.: 186 The Russian defeat also meant they had to abandon the Siege of Lyakhavichy (Lachowicze).
| Battle of Polonka | |||||||
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| Part of the Polish-Russian War (1658-1667) | |||||||
Stefan Czarniecki during Polish-Russian War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
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Stefan Czarniecki Paweł Jan Sapieha | Ivan Khovansky | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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9,000 Lithuanians 4,000 Poles 2 cannons: 186 | 8,000 - 9,000 troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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300 killed unknown number of wounded | 4,200 | ||||||
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