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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1656 battle</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r963460841">@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .desktop-float-right{box-sizing:border-box;float:right;clear:right}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.vevent .status>p:first-child{margin:0}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Battle of Kłecko</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Northern_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Northern War">Second Northern War</a> / <a href="/wiki/Deluge_(history)" title="Deluge (history)">The Deluge</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slaget_vid_Gnesen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Slaget_vid_Gnesen.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="417" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="417" /></a></span><br />Battle of Kłecko by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Philip_Lemke" title="Johann Philip Lemke">Johann Philip Lemke</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>May 7, 1656</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location">near <a href="/wiki/Gniezno" title="Gniezno">Gniezno</a>, Poland</div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Swedish victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Empire" title="yes"><img alt="Swedish Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Naval_Ensign_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Naval_Ensign_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Naval_Ensign_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Wrangel" title="Carl Gustaf Wrangel">Carl Gustaf Wrangel</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Empire" 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#aaa;"> 7,000<sup id="cite_ref-Sikora_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikora-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 12,000<sup id="cite_ref-Sikora_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikora-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Wrangel" title="Carl Gustaf Wrangel">Carl Gustaf Wrangel</a>: 100 killed and wounded<sup id="cite_ref-Thurloe52_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thurloe52-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />428 killed<sup id="cite_ref-Sikora_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikora-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Czarniecki" title="Stefan Czarniecki">Stefan Czarniecki</a>: 70 dead and wounded<sup id="cite_ref-Sikora_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikora-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />130 killed<sup id="cite_ref-Marcin_Gawęda_p_270-276_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marcin_Gawęda_p_270-276-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Thurloe" title="John Thurloe">John Thurloe</a>: 600 killed on spot, 1,400 in pursuit<br /><a href="/wiki/Samuel_von_Pufendorf" title="Samuel von Pufendorf">von Pufendorf</a>: 600 killed on spot, 2,500 in pursuit<sup id="cite_ref-Thurloe5_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thurloe5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span 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title="Siege of Warsaw (1656)">1st Warsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kcynia" title="Battle of Kcynia">Kcynia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tykocin" title="Battle of Tykocin">Tykocin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1656)" title="Battle of Warsaw (1656)">2nd Warsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_%C5%81owicz" title="Battle of Łowicz">Łowicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lubrze" title="Battle of Lubrze">Lubrze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Prostki" title="Battle of Prostki">Prostki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Filip%C3%B3w" title="Battle of Filipów">Filipów</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chojnice_(1656)" title="Battle of Chojnice (1656)">Chojnice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transylvanian_campaign_into_Poland_(1657)" title="Transylvanian campaign into Poland (1657)">Transylvanian campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Magier%C3%B3w" title="Battle of Magierów">Magierów</a></li> <li><a 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the Early Modern Age">Pomerania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dano-Swedish_War_(1657%E2%80%931658)" title="Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658)">Dano-Swedish (1657–1658)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dano-Swedish_War_(1658%E2%80%931660)" title="Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660)">Dano-Swedish (1658–1660)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Northern_War_and_Norway" title="Second Northern War and Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peach_Tree_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Peach Tree War">Peach Tree War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_New_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of New Sweden">New Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Courland_(1658)" title="Invasion of Courland (1658)">Courland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Carolusborg_(1658)" title="Capture of Carolusborg (1658)">Africa</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Battles</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uj%C5%9Bcie" title="Battle of Ujście">Ujście</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Danzig_(1655%E2%80%931660)" title="Siege of Danzig (1655–1660)">Danzig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sobota" title="Battle of Sobota">Sobota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_%C5%BBarn%C3%B3w" title="Battle of Żarnów">Żarnów</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Krak%C3%B3w" title="Siege of Kraków">1st Cracow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nowy_Dw%C3%B3r_Mazowiecki" title="Battle of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki">Nowy Dwór</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wojnicz" title="Battle of Wojnicz">Wojnicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krosno" title="Battle of Krosno">Krosno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jasna_G%C3%B3ra" title="Siege of Jasna Góra">Jasna Góra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Radom_(1656)" title="Battle of Radom (1656)">Radom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Go%C5%82%C4%85b" title="Battle of Gołąb">Gołąb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jaros%C5%82aw_(1656)" title="Battle of Jarosław (1656)">Jarosław</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nisko" title="Battle of Nisko">Nisko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Zamo%C5%9B%C4%87" title="Siege of Zamość">Zamość</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sandomierz" title="Battle of Sandomierz">Sandomierz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Warka" title="Battle of Warka">Warka</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kłecko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Warsaw_(1656)" title="Siege of Warsaw (1656)">1st Warsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kcynia" title="Battle of Kcynia">Kcynia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tykocin" title="Battle of Tykocin">Tykocin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1656)" title="Battle of Warsaw (1656)">2nd Warsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Dyneburg" title="Siege of Dyneburg">Dyneburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storm_of_Kokenhusen" title="Storm of Kokenhusen">Kokenhusen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Riga_(1656)" title="Siege of Riga (1656)">Riga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_%C5%81owicz" title="Battle of Łowicz">Łowicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lubrze" title="Battle of Lubrze">Lubrze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Krak%C3%B3w_(1657)" title="Siege of Kraków (1657)">2nd Cracow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Prostki" title="Battle of Prostki">Prostki/Prostken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Filip%C3%B3w" title="Battle of Filipów">Filipów</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chojnice_(1656)" title="Battle of Chojnice (1656)">Chojnice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Walk" title="Battle of Walk">Walk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Magier%C3%B3w" title="Battle of Magierów">Magierów</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Czarny_Ostr%C3%B3w" title="Battle of Czarny Ostrów">Czarny Ostrów</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ska%C5%82at" title="Battle of Skałat">Skałat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gdov" title="Battle of Gdov">Gdov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Across_the_Belts" title="March Across the Belts">March Across the Belts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Toru%C5%84_(1658)" title="Siege of Toruń (1658)">Toruń</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Szkudy" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Szkudy">Szkudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sound" title="Battle of the Sound">Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kolding_(1658)" title="Siege of Kolding (1658)">Kolding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_R%C3%B6dsund" title="Battle of Rödsund">Rödsund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assault_on_Copenhagen_(1659)" title="Assault on Copenhagen (1659)">Copenhagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ebeltoft" title="Battle of Ebeltoft">Ebeltoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grudzi%C4%85dz_(1659)" title="Battle of Grudziądz (1659)">Grudziądz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nyborg" title="Battle of Nyborg">Nyborg</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Second_Northern_War_treaties" title="Template:Second Northern War treaties">Treaties</a></dt></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Battle of Kłecko</b> was fought on May 7, 1656, between forces of the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a> commanded by <a href="/wiki/Regimentarz" title="Regimentarz">Regimentarz</a> <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Czarniecki" title="Stefan Czarniecki">Stefan Czarniecki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Sebastian_Lubomirski" title="Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski">Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swedish</a> force commanded by prince <a href="/wiki/Adolph_John_I,_Count_Palatine_of_Kleeburg" title="Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg">Adolf Johan av Pfalz-Zweibrücken</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Towarzysz_husarski" class="mw-redirect" title="Towarzysz husarski">companions</a> dead (both hetman Czarniecki and <a href="/wiki/Polish_hussar" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish hussar">Polish hussar</a> companion Kochowski (who was fighting in this battle) quote this number of Polish losses). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_K%C5%82ecko&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the spring of 1656, Hetmans <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Czarniecki" title="Stefan Czarniecki">Stefan Czarniecki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Sebastian_Lubomirski" title="Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski">Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski</a> were sent with their forces to <a href="/wiki/Greater_Poland" title="Greater Poland">Greater Poland</a>, in order to support anti-Swedish insurrection, which had begun there. King <a href="/wiki/Charles_X_Gustav_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles X Gustav of Sweden">Charles X Gustav</a>, who had just managed to escape encirclement in the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Vistula" title="Vistula">Vistula</a> and the <a href="/wiki/San_river" class="mw-redirect" title="San river">San river</a>, decided to head to Greater Poland, with 10,000 soldiers. </p><p>Charles Gustav left <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a> on April 17, 1656, reaching <a href="/wiki/Pako%C5%9B%C4%87" title="Pakość">Pakość</a> on April 28. There, he split his forces into two groups. The King himself left with 2,000 soldiers towards the besieged <a href="/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk" title="Gdańsk">Gdańsk</a>, while the remaining 8,000 under Gustav' brother, <a href="/wiki/Adolph_John_I,_Count_Palatine_of_Kleeburg" title="Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg">Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg</a>, continued to chase the Poles. </p><p>Polish army, which camped along northern bank of the <a href="/wiki/Note%C4%87" title="Noteć">Noteć</a> river, concentrated on May 3 in <a href="/wiki/Pi%C5%82a" title="Piła">Pila</a>. On the next day, the Poles crossed the Noteć near <a href="/wiki/Uj%C5%9Bcie" title="Ujście">Ujście</a>, and marched towards <a href="/wiki/Oborniki_Wielkopolskie" class="mw-redirect" title="Oborniki Wielkopolskie">Oborniki Wielkopolskie</a>. After bypassing <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84" title="Poznań">Poznań</a>, the Poles reached <a href="/wiki/Gniezno" title="Gniezno">Gniezno</a> (May 5), while on the next day, Adolph John with his army arrived at the village of Jablkowo near <a href="/wiki/K%C5%82ecko" title="Kłecko">Kłecko</a>, 15 kilometers northeast of Gniezno. When news of Charles Gustav's departure to <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prussia" title="Royal Prussia">Royal Prussia</a> reached Polish commandants, they decided to face the Swedes in an open field. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_K%C5%82ecko&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Polish army had 12,000 soldiers, mostly cavalry, while the Swedes had 7,000 men with strong artillery units. According to the battle plan of Czarniecki, two Polish cavalry regiments (under Mariusz Stanislaw Jaskolski and Jacek Szemberk) were to engage the Swedes on a <a href="/wiki/Levee" title="Levee">dike</a> across a swampy stream called Welnianka, near the village of Brzozogaj. The dike was a trap, behind which four experienced Polish regiments awaited the enemy. </p><p>The plan initially was a success, and after an exchange of fire, the Poles organized a retreat towards the dike. Swedish soldiers began to chase them, but the trap failed, when the four awaiting regiments entered the fray too soon. The Swedes retreated to their well-prepared positions, preventing the destruction of their army. Due to strong Swedish fire, the Poles did not attack their camp, and the battle ended after five hours. According to the Swedish description of the battle, the Polish forces were chased out and pursued.<sup id="cite_ref-Thurloe5_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thurloe5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Polish losses in the battle are highly disputed: Stefan Czarniecki, the Polish commander, claimed he had sustained about 70 dead and wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-Sikora_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikora-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Thurloe" title="John Thurloe">John Thurloe</a>, secretary to the council of state in England, wrote about 600 killed in the battle itself, with another 1,400 more killed during the pursuit.<sup id="cite_ref-Thurloe5_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thurloe5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German historian <a href="/wiki/Samuel_von_Pufendorf" title="Samuel von Pufendorf">Samuel von Pufendorf</a> made a similar estimation of 600 killed on the field, but with as many as 2,500 killed during the pursuit.<sup id="cite_ref-Sikora_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikora-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 21 Polish standards were also lost.<sup id="cite_ref-Thurloe5_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thurloe5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Swedish losses in the battle were 100 killed and wounded, according to their commander <a href="/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Wrangel" title="Carl Gustaf Wrangel">Carl Gustaf Wrangel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Thurloe52_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thurloe52-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or, according to other sources, about 428 killed and perhaps twice as many, or more, wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-Sikora_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikora-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_K%C5%82ecko&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The battle once again confirmed the notion that Polish cavalry was unable to defeat well-positioned Swedish infantry. Czarniecki himself later admitted, that without infantry and artillery, it was impossible to win battles with Swedish forces. </p><p>After the battle, the Polish army marched towards <a href="/wiki/Pleszew" title="Pleszew">Pleszew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uniej%C3%B3w" title="Uniejów">Uniejów</a>, where it camped on May 16. The situation of the Swedes deteriorated, and by the end of May, the Poles recaptured <a href="/wiki/Leszno" title="Leszno">Leszno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bcian" title="Kościan">Kościan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sieradz" title="Sieradz">Sieradz</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_K%C5%82ecko&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Sikora-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sikora_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sikora_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sikora_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sikora_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sikora_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sikora_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sikora_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sikora, Radosław (2010).<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rozprawy.uph.edu.pl/gsdl/collect/rozprawy/index/assoc/HASH7024.dir/Sikora%20Radoslaw.pdf">Taktyka walki, uzbrojenie i wyposazenie husarii w latach 1576-1710</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130323171057/http://rozprawy.uph.edu.pl/gsdl/collect/rozprawy/index/assoc/HASH7024.dir/Sikora%20Radoslaw.pdf">Archived</a> March 23, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Doctoral dissertation, Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo Humanistyczny, Siedlce.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Thurloe52-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Thurloe52_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Thurloe52_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/John_Thurloe" title="John Thurloe">John Thurloe</a>. A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, May 1656 to January 1657. F. Gyles, 1742. p. 52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Marcin_Gawęda_p_270-276-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Marcin_Gawęda_p_270-276_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marcin Gawęda, Od Beresteczka do Cudnowa. 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