Battle of Ula
1564 battle of the Livonian War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1564 battle. For the 1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia, see Battle of Chashniki.
The Battle of Ula or Battle of Chashniki was fought during the Livonian War on 26 January 1564 between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Tsardom of Russia on the Ula River [be] (tributary of the Daugava River) north of Chashniki in the Vitebsk Region.[1] The Russian troops, unarmed and moving in a loose formation, were taken by complete surprise and defeated, losing their large wagon train.
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Battle of Ula | |||||||
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Part of the Livonian War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł | Pyotr Shuysky [ru] † | ||||||
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4,000–6,000[1] or 10,000[2] | 17,000[3][4]−24,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20 dead, 700 injured[5] |
Russian chronicles: 150–700[6] Lithuanian claims:9,000,[7] 20,000[2] | ||||||
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