Siege of Fellin

1602 siege in Estonia during Polish–Swedish War
58°22′N 25°36′E / 58.367°N 25.600°E / 58.367; 25.600Result Polish-Lithuanian victoryBelligerents Sweden Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthCommanders and leaders

Jan Zamoyski
Stanisław Żółkiewski

Jürgen von Farensbach †Strength 800 5,000
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Polish–Swedish War
of 1600–1611
  • Karksi
  • Limbaži
  • Wenden
  • Ērgļi
  • Kokenhausen
  • Wolmar
  • Fellin
  • Reval
  • Weissenstein (siege)
  • Rakvere
  • Pärnu (1603)
  • Narva
  • Weissenstein
  • Kircholm
  • Daugavgrīva (1608)
  • Pärnu
  • Salis
  • Riga
  • Pärnu (1609)
  • Daugavgriva (1609)

The siege of Fellin took place between 25 March and 17 May 1602 during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). Polish and Lithuanian forces led by Grand Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski besieged the Swedish-held town of Fellin (present-day Viljandi in Estonia). The large Polish–Lithuanian army of around 5,000 troops first took the town, while the Swedish defenders, numbering around 800, retreated to the city's castle. After a second frontal attack on the castle, during which the Voivode of Wenden Jerzy Farensbach was killed, the Swedish garrison capitulated, although a group of Finnish soldiers refused to surrender and blew themselves up in the castle's tower. Fellin was later recaptured by the Swedes in the siege of 1608.[1]

References

  1. ^ Sundberg, Ulf: Sveriges krig 1448-1630, p. 303, Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek, Stockholm 2010, ISBN 978-91-85789-62-7
  • Podhorodecki, Leszek. Rapier i koncerz: z dziejów wojen polsko-szwedzkich. Książka i Wiedza. Warsaw. 1985.


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