Koronowo 1410
27 November 2023About 4,000 mercenaries, hired by Teutonic Knights, arrived in Gdańsk. Their goal was to attack Cuiavia and capture Bydgoszcz. After gathering the militia, Polish king Władysław Jagiełło sent about 2,000 armed men to stop the enemy. Koronowo was a strategic place. The shortest route from Tuchola to Bydgoszcz passed through here. The Poles seized the stronghold, so the Teutonic Knights, surprised by the Polish readiness to fight, began to retreat.
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