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Battle of Warsaw - day 1 -
Swedish-Brandeburg-Prussia armies come from Nowy Dwor - the map comes from collection at Polona, Polish National Library, and was based on the drawings by Erik Dahlberg
. Swedish army under Karl X Gustavus*
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.Brandenburg-Prussian army under Friedrich Wilhelm, de jure Polish vassal in mutiny against his Polish sovereign. *
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total -
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*according to Riese' work (1870) - now, the modern Polish historians (Herbst, Wimmer,, Nagielski etc) give the number at 18,000 soldiers. Swedish historians, based on Carlbom (1906) who worked from Pufendorf's book and Swedish army archives, provide a slightly smaller number - 17,000 plus 50 to 60 cannons.
the cavalry (including dragoons) was more numerous than the infantry in this allied army.
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