Transylvanian campaign into Poland (1657)
| Transylvanian campaign into Poland | |||||||
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| Part of the Deluge | |||||||
Transylvanians discussing strategy with King Charles X of Sweden in 1657 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate |
Transylvania Swedish Empire Cossack Hetmanate Moldavia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jerzy Lubomirski Paweł Sapieha Stanislaw Potocki Melchior Sawicki Eliasz Jan Łącki Stefan Czarniecki |
George II Rákóczi John Kemény (POW) Péter Huszár Ferenc Ispán András Gaudi Charles X Gustav Erik Dahlbergh Adolf Johan av Pfalz Jerzy Niemirycz Johan Benedikt von Schönleben Jacob Kasimir De la Gardie Georg von Waldeck Anton Zhdanovich Ivan Bohun | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Brest garrison Warsaw garrison | Swedish Life Guard of Horse | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000 men |
24,000–30,000 men 30 cannons 10,000 men 6,000 men Total 40,000–46,000 men / 70,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Light Very heavy | ||||||
The Transylvanian campaign into Poland (Swedish: Transsylvaniens kampanj in i Polen; Ukrainian: Трансільванський похід на Польщу) also called the Brest Campaign or Rakoczy's Campaign (Polish: Najazd Rakoczego) was a campaign by Transylvania, Sweden, and the Cossack Hetmanate into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Deluge in 1657. The allied army saw success in the beginning, but when Denmark declared war on Sweden, Charles abandoned the Transylvanians, which led to their defeat. During the campaign, the allied forces successfully managed to capture both Warsaw and Brest from the Poles but were later pushed out from the country after the forces of Stefan Czarniecki intervened in the conflict.