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Bathory's men, and moved on to Polotsk, with a total force of about 42,000. Polotsk had three fortresses: the central one, nearby Strelec fortress, and the walled town of Zapolochie. The primary focus was on the central fortress: first with artillery, which failed because it only
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224:Total Polotsk campaign 41,714
134:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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189:Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł
816:Battles of the Livonian War
801:Military history of Belarus
184:Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł
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19:Siege of Polotsk (1579)
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150:Commanders and leaders
241:Casualties and losses
85:55.48694°N 28.76083°E
738:Szabo, Bela (2009).
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266:Up to 2,000 dead.
211:garrison commander
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123:Belligerents
30:Livonian War
24:Part of the
757:January 13,
729:January 13,
693:Połock 1579
648:Kupisz 2003
636:Kupisz 2003
621:Kupisz 2003
609:Kupisz 2003
594:Kupisz 2003
582:Kupisz 2003
440:2nd Polotsk
380:1st Polotsk
254:860 Germans
233:38 cannons
109:Territorial
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770:Categories
685:References
675:Szabo 2009
535:Belarusian
475:Nastasyino
470:Zavolochye
390:Ozerishche
343:Zessvengen
251:602 Polish
76:28°45′39″E
73:55°29′13″N
569:Citations
492:2nd Narva
420:2nd Reval
410:Wesenberg
400:1st Reval
395:Chashniki
328:Neuhausen
323:Neishloss
318:1st Narva
497:Lyalitsy
460:Toropets
219:Strength
59:Location
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560:besiege
551:Polotsk
519:Russian
502:Oreshek
111:changes
64:Polotsk
28:in the
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545:under
527:Polish
465:Shklov
430:Wenden
370:Fellin
365:Ergeme
358:Ergeme
338:Ringen
101:Result
747:AARMS
743:(PDF)
485:Pskov
450:Rzhev
445:Sokol
415:Pärnu
375:Nevel
204:Pskov
759:2017
731:2017
718:ISBN
697:ISBN
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