Calamitous Retreat Totals from Danish Campaign
A historic march thinned by extreme mountains and snows left 4380 soldiers dead. Of 1509 infantry and 502 cavalry who crossed, only 300 reached Sweden, with 700 perishing in the snows. In total, just 2215 of the army returned to Sweden, ending the toll.
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Dunafchautz
Sweden
Fortuhe
Sunz
Courland Duchy History and 1918 Polish Council Dispute
A short account of Courland as a Baltic Dutchy, its capital Goldingen, and its link to Livonia Semigallia. It notes Sigismund Augustus elevating Courland under Polish protection and details the 1918 Warsaw council where Poland's Great Chancellor convened with senators to discuss succession settlement and disputes among the rulers of Afuscovy Prussia and Poland.
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Afuscovy
Prusia
Republick
Poland
Courland
Curland
Baltick Sea
Samozitia
Livonia
Semirallia
Crown of
Warsaw