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cannons had breached two entrances in the walls, the Polish troops managed to storm the defenses and entered the city. The Swedish garrison withdrew to the town's castle where they defended themselves and held back the Poles for a while. Later, when the situation became particularly disadvantageous, they asked for conditions of surrender. Survivors of the swedish garrison numbered 519 subsequently, after capitulation, the Swedish officers were taken prisoner by the Poles while the rank and file soldiers were allowed to leave after swearing an oath that they would not continue to fight against the
37: 374:. The captured Swedish generals Pontus De la Gardie and Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm were treated very well until they were transferred to the king. Sigismund decided to lock them in the castle of Rawa. Conditions there became very tough. De la Gardie was exchanged and returned to the Swedish army in 1605. Gyllenhielm was held captive until 1613. 369:
on December 5. At first the Swedish artillery managed to hold back the Poles who did not intend to storm Wolmar without proper siege cannons. However, on December 8 such pieces arrived and an intense bombardment of Wolmar was executed which continued for ten days. Finally on December 18, when the
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Sieges involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Index

Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611)

Jan Zamoyski
Wolmar
Poland–Lithuania
Latvia
Sweden
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Jacob De la Gardie
Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm
Jan Zamoyski
Stanisław Żółkiewski
JĂĽrgen von Farensbach
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Polish–Swedish War
of 1600–1611

Karksi
LimbaĹľi
Wenden
Ä’rgÄĽi
Kokenhausen
Wolmar
Fellin
Reval
Weissenstein (siege)
Rakvere
Pärnu (1603)
Narva
Weissenstein

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