Anniversary of the last large conflict fought by the Confederate Tarnogrodska.
Today in our calendar we will look at the Confederacy of Tarnogrodzka and its decline.
After defeating the Swedes and supporters of Stanisław Leszczyński, August II's position was inactive not strong in Poland. In order to keep power, the king brought Saxon troops to the Republic of Poland. The answer of the nobles to these actions was to establish in November 1715, the antiroyal confederation of Tarnogrodzka. Her marshal was Stanisław Ledóchowski.
There were a number of battles, usually victorious for the Confederate side. In the face of the Confederate advantage, August invited the Russian army to Poland as a "mediator". Earlier, the Confederates had asked the Tsar for mediation. This gave Peter a convenient excuse to interfere with the interior affairs of the Republic.
In the face of the entry of Moscow troops into Polish borders, both sides of the conflict agreed to a truce. Unfortunately, the hot heads of Lithuanian insurgents did not intend to respect him. Lithuanian forces under Stanisław Potocki joined Polish troops Chrysostom Gniazdowski and persuaded him to attack the Saxon corps headed towards Toruń under Jan Henryk von Bose. The conflict took place at Kowalev.
Confederates had a numerical advantage and, above all, an advantage in driving. The battle, which was fought on 5 October 1716, began artillery fire from the Polish-Lithuanian side. The talks subsequently began, in which Saxon commander indicated that a truce had been reached and there was no request for further fight. As long as Nestowski agreed with Bose, the Lithuanians had no intention of leaving without a fight. They attacked the Saxons on their own, besides involving any of the crown flags, including Hussar flags.
Their attack, however, collapsed under a customs firearm fire, led by Saxon and royal linear regiments. The escape caused panic in the Polish infantry, which the Saxons benefited from, going to the counterattack. shortly the full infantry surrendered.
The failure under Kowalew gave fresh arguments to August II, who all the more effectively influenced the nobility to submit to him. Unfortunately, the Czarski armies could not be removed from the country so easily. It was besides the last conflict of Hussaria, ending with its full embarrassment, greater even than in the conflict of Klisov of 1702.
On 1 February 1717, the alleged “So-called” was held in Warsaw. mute seism, on which resolutions were adopted on the exit of Saxon troops from the country, the regulation of the power of the hetmans, the confirmation of the erstwhile nobility privileges and the introduction of a permanent army of 24,000 soldiers. The parliament was called mute, due to the surroundings of the parliamentary chamber by the Russian military and the deficiency of the anticipation of standing veto liberal After the death threat.
Contrary to appearances, this parliament has brought any affirmative results – alternatively of seismic rule, central power has been restored and a permanent army has been established, unfortunately besides tiny compared to needs. At the same time, both Russia and Austria and Prussia already had armies in strength of over 100,000 soldiers, 24,000 troops proved to be besides advanced a burden for the ruined war and corruption of the country – only about 18,000 were actually exposed.
Two years later, Augustus, seeing Peter I's curate tightening on him, made an alliance in Vienna with Austria and the United Kingdom and, calmed by their support, demanded the Russian forces leave Poland, which besides happened.
Previous entry from our calendar is available Here.
