Battle of Prostken

Battle of Prostken
Part of Second Northern War / The Deluge
Date October 8, 1656 Location Prostken, Duchy of Prussia (today Prostki, Ełk County, Poland) Result Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth decisive victory Bogusław Radziwiłł taken captive
Belligerents
Swedish Brandenburg Prussia	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Tatars
Commanders and leaders
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł General Wallenrodt Colonel Josias Waldeck	Hetman Wincenty Gosiewski Subhan Ghazi Agi
Strength
3,500 reiters & dragoons 800 cavalry of Radziwiłł 1,000 Waldeck's infantry 2,000 Wallenrodt's infantry 21 artillery pieces	10,000 Polish & Lithuanian cavalry 2,000 Tatars
Casualties and losses
at least 5,000 dead and 21 artillery pieces	250 dead

The Battle of Prostken was fought near Prostken, Duchy of Prussia (today Prostki in Ełk County, Poland) on October 8, 1656 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and allied Crimean Tatars (2,000 man) commanded by hetman Wincenty Gosiewski on one side, and on the other allied Swedish and Brandenburg forces commanded by Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, reinforced by cavalry of Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł. The Commonwealth forces won the battle, annihilating enemy forces and taking Radziwiłł captive.

References

• Sławomir Augusiewicz, Prostki 1656, Bellona Publishing, Warsaw, 2001. ISBN 978-83-11-09323-2
• Mała Encyklopedia Wojskowa, 1967, 1st edition (Polish)
• Jacek Płosiński, Potop szwedzki na Podlasiu 1655-1657, Inforteditions Publishing, Poland, 2006. ISBN 83-89943-07-7