| Invasion of Courland | |||||||||
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| Part of the Northern War of 1655–1660 | |||||||||
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 Swedish Empire |
 Grand Duchy of Lithuania | ||||||||
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Aleksander Hilary Połubiński | ||||||||
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The Invasion of Courland (Swedish: Invasionen av Kurland; Lithuanian: Invazija į Kuršą) occured in 1660, and was executed by Lithuanian troops under the command of Aleksander Hilary Połubiński. After the invasion, only Bauske held out, and it would continue to do so until the Treaty of Oliva.
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editWorks cited
edit- Essen, Michael (2022). Charles X's Wars Vol.2: The Wars in the East, 1655-1657. Helion & Company. ISBN 9781915070302.
- Fagerlund, Rainer (1979). Stade, Arne (ed.). Kriget på östfronten [The War on the Eastern Front] (in Swedish). Militärhistoriska förlaget. ISBN 9789185266098.
- Seraphim, August Robert (1904). Die Geschichte des Herzogtums Kurland (1561 - 1795) [The History of the Duchy of Courland (1561 - 1795)] (in German). F. Kluge.