Battle of Wallhof

Battle of Wallhof
	Part of the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629)
Date	7 January 1626
Location	Valle, Latvia (German: Wallhof), (present-day Valle Parish, Bauska Municipality, Latvia)56°31′00″N 24°44′00″E
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Gustavus Adolphus	Jan Stanisław Sapieha
Strength
2,800 infantry,; 2,100 cavalry,; 6 cannons	between 2,000 and 7,000 men (infantry & cavalry); 5 cannons
Casualties and losses
Very light, some sources claim not a single man dead or missing	1,000 killed or wounded; 150 men captured along with 3 cannons

Battle of Wallhof (Latvian: Valles kauja, also known as Battle of Walmozja) was fought between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on 7 January 1626.

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