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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: cuprum on December 05, 2014, 04:36:13 AM

Title: Themes for games. Unknown battle.
Post by: cuprum on December 05, 2014, 04:36:13 AM
Battle of the River Vorskla. 12 August 1399

The battle between the troops of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas and the Emir of the Golden Horde Idegey.

Battle interesting composition troops who opposed the Horde. It was the army, consisting, in addition to the Lithuanian contingent, of the regiments of Kiev, Smolensk, Rila, Volyn and other Western-Russian principalities. In addition, in the army joined Toktamysh Tatars, about a hundred crusaders of the Teutonic Order and four hundred warriors from Poland, who brought with them a few guns.

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Here an article in Russian about this battle: http://siberia-miniatures.ru/forum/showthread.php?fid=6&tid=160

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Vorskla_River



Battle of Wilkomierz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wilkomierz

(http://s013.radikal.ru/i322/1412/bb/598207d7a3b3.jpg)