Siege of Stettin (1659) 1659
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 19 September 1659 – 5 November 1659 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1659 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Poland | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Second Northern War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 53.4325, 14.5481 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The siege of Stettin occurred from 19 September to 5 November 1659 during the Second Northern War of 1655–1660 in the Swedish city of Stettin (modern-day Szczecin, Poland) and resulted in a Swedish victory.
In mid-September 1659, an Austrian/Imperial army of 5,000 men under General Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches crossed the Reglitz and Oder rivers to besiege the city of Stettin. This Allied offensive into Swedish Pomerania was supported by 1,500–2,000 Brandenburgian reinforcements under Friedrich zu Dohna, possibly in addition to a Polish-Lithuanian force.
Having made an unsuccessful request for surrender, the Allied forces besieged the city. On 7 October, they captured a redoubt on the nearby Oberwiek Mountain, and by the middle of that month, they had dug their trenches right up to the Passauer bastion and the curtain that led to the Holy Spirit bastion. On 20 October, after the Allies had been reinforced with heavy siege guns, they began a new concentrated bombardment of the city after a second failed request for surrender. The city's burghers soon became discouraged, requesting reinforcements from the Swedish Lord High Admiral Carl Gustaf Wrangel in Stralsund, which were granted.
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