| Battle of Prostki | |||||||
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| Part of Second Northern War / The Deluge | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Swedish Brandenburg Prussia |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Tatars |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł General Wallenrodt Colonel Josias Waldeck |
Hetman Wincenty Gosiewski Subhan Ghazi Agi |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 3,500 reiters & dragoons 800 cavalry of Radziwiłł 1,000 Waldeck's infantry 2,000 Wallenrodt's infantry 21 artillery pieces |
10,000 Polish & Lithuanian cavalry 2,000 Tatars |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| at least 5,000 dead and 21 artillery pieces | 250 dead | ||||||
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The Battle of Prostki was fought near Prostki (today in Ełk County, Poland) on October 8, 1656 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and allied Crimean Tatars (2,000 man) commanded by hetman Wincenty Gosiewski on one side, and on the other allied Swedish and Brandenburg forces commanded by Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, reinforced by cavalry of Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł. The Commonwealth forces won the battle, annihilating enemy forces and taking Radziwiłł captive.