Siege of Jasna Góra
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Siege of Jasna Góra | |||||||
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Part of the Deluge | |||||||
The Siege of Clari Montis (Jasna Góra) in 1655. Franciszek Kondratowicz, XIX century | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Swedish Empire | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Burchard von Lühnen |
Augustyn Kordecki Stanisław Warszycki | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,200 Swedes | 310 Poles | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300 killed and wounded | 12 killed and wounded |
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The siege of Jasna Góra (also known less accurately as the battle of Częstochowa, Polish: Oblężenie Jasnej Góry) took place in the winter of 1655 during the Second Northern War, or 'The Deluge' – as the Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is known. The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa. Their month-long siege, however, was unsuccessful, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Góra monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta (Polish nobility), fought off the numerically superior Germans (who were hired by Sweden), saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.