The Last Fight, a Polish War TL

In 1654, after the rebellion of Jmelnytsky, the Russo-Polish War start, attacking with 41.000 troops the castles of Bely and Smolensk, but Dorogobuzh, don't falls against the Russian troops. 23 days later, the Polish forces counter-attack, taking Dorogobuzh with 12.000 troops, the General Burozed Granozky with other 14.000 troops, go to Poltava, to defend it from a Russian invasion. In Polotsk, the General Granozky wait here with 3.800 troops.

In August, the Russian General Vladimir Hurtygad, attack Poltava with 27.000 troops but fails, losing 3.700 troops in the siege. In the Province of Vitebsk, start the Battle of Vitebsk, the most important battle of the year. The General Granozky with more of 25.000 troops and the General Kilozan Polived with 19.900 troops. With the General Granozky in the head and 200 horseman following it, dies with the a bullet in the head and more of 70 horsemans deads.

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Battle of Vitebsk.

After that, with only 70 deads, the half of the army retreat to Pskov. The General Polived, attack with 7.000 troops the flanks of the enemy losing 300 troops, but killing more of 2.600. After the important Polish glory, the Russian forces of Smolensk (32.000 troops) attack Orsha, a castle with 10.000 troops, but more important, the prince Janusz Radziwill. In February of 1655, the offensive to Osha start. The Russian take Orsha, and make prisoner to the prince.

With 4.700 troops, the General Mikoita Jhirozev, with 7.800 troops troops go to Mitau, to reinforce them. With more of 12.000 defenders in Mitau, Ivan Miarozkyc attack Duneburg with 21.900 troops (6.000 troops combatants of the Battle of Vitebsk) and Boreslaw H. Kiyuta (A Captain of the Polish defenders) is taked prisoner.

In November of 1655, the General Urga Ligonhia, with 13.600 troops attack Mitau, and other towns and castles of Kurland. Now with 19.000 troops in Mitau, the General Jhirozev attack to the Russian army, killing more of 2.800 Russian troops. Now with 10.800 troops, the Gerenal Ligonhia retreat to Russia.
 
After the battle of Vitebsk, the morale of the Russian forces, down and down, but Poland celebrates the battle victory, calling it the 'Last Fight'. The Commander Kilioza Kunkoz, with 3.250 troops, march to Bely, to later assault villages and minor settlements of Poland, and after this, stay in the castle to reinforce it. In February of 1656, Kunkoz start to raze villages. In total, more of 24 villages in all the zone are burned and destroyed, and more of 10.000 civilians dies. Poland, condem this action, and send 10.000 troops to conquest Bely, but with water and food for 10 years in Bely, more of 200 polish troops dies of hunger and need to retreat it 2 months later. In June, Russia conquest lower provinces but poor in food and money. after that, troops of Warsaw (1.900 soldiers and 140 horsemans) go to retake the lower provinces but fails, losing 200 troops in skirmishes with the Russian militias.


In September, the war kills more of 35.000 persons (soldiers and civilians). the commandr Kunkoz is reubicated to a hold Lithuanian castle of the province of Smolensk. With a new army of 20.000 troops in Pskov, the General Ligonhia returns to the battlefield and attack Dorpat, a objetive with no much important in the strategical eye, but the importancy of the city, the ruler of the province of Dorpat. With the ruler of Dorpat in Russian hands, the province falls and this is conquered by the russians.
 
After the governor of Dorpat was captured by the Russians, Polish Commander Taerouni Milofenks, attacked with 9,400 soldiers and 6 pieces of artillery, attempted to retake the fallen fortress of Duneburg, which fell at the beginning of the war and was practically empty. After the Russians learned of the fall of Duneburg, General Ligonhia, took 13,200 troops, Poltava to thus have a point of access towards Kiev. Then, knowing that Kiev was in potential danger, although fearing a Western betrayal, they moved 5,300 troops to Kiev to counter a possible invasion.

Then with Ligonya in the north, another Russian general named Noziaorita Virozed, with some 4,900 troops and some artillery pieces, I advanced towards Minsk so that the Poles would deviate of the north and the south and move them to the center of Lithuania. Then the Polish fear was fulfilled, the Ottomans, by surprise, attacked with more than 30,000 soldiers, Sanok, who was scarcely with 94 soldiers and obviously the strong cayo, committing a war more bloody of the eperado. So, then, the Ottomans were paid a good amount of money and they retired, but getting as much as possible.

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Ottomans assaulting the Fort of Sanok.

After the Ottomans attacked, some nobles revolted in the south of Poland because they were not compensated for the damage done by the Ottomans. But without money, the Poles sent 1,000 soldiers to finish them and it was.
The Russians with the almost strategically won war sent Noziaorite to Kiev with 13,000 soldiers, but surprisingly, the Poles resisted the attack, albeit with exorbitant casualties, leaving only 200 soldiers (until reinforcements were wounded). Now is April of 1657, and the war is becoming more bloodiest.
 
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