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Battles and Campaigns
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Muscovite War 1610-18 (Draft Version - in preparation) Introduction In 1609 King Zygmunt III of Poland decided to intervene in Russia, he dreamt of a conquest of Moscow which would make him Tsar and convert Muscovy to Catholisism. At the head of 13,000 troops he invaded Russia. The Royal Grand Hetman Stanislaw Zolkiewski wanted to go straight for Moscow, since the army greatly lacked infantry and artillery. But the King decided to besiege Smolensk, a heavily fortified and well garrisoned town. 1 |
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