Qualla: Battle of Weissenstein https://qualla.com/battle-of-weissenstein en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:35 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Weissenstein https://qualla.com/battle-of-weissenstein Battle of Weissenstein: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-weissenstein/ Six thousand men against twenty-three hundred. Those were the numbers Jan Karol Chodkiewicz looked at on 25 September 1604, riding north toward the besieged castle of Weissenstein in central Estonia. The Swedes outnumbered him roughly three to one, dug into a position with marshy streams covering three sides. A more cautious commander would have waited. Chodkiewicz looked at the Swedish line, saw which flank was strongest, and decided to attack it head-on. The decision sounds reckless. It was actually the calculation that built his reputation.

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/d/6/p/battle-of-weissenstein-wp/ud6p-battle-of-weissenstein-the-hetman-from-the-marches.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Weissenstein: Choosing the Strong Wing https://qualla.com/battle-of-weissenstein/ The battlefield Chodkiewicz arrived at lay between Dorpat and Reval, hemmed in by marshy streams east, west, and south. Stålarm placed his strongest unit, the German mercenary infantry under de Canut, on his left flank, anchored by a causeway and the road to Reval. The right flan...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/d/6/p/battle-of-weissenstein-wp/ud6p-battle-of-weissenstein-choosing-the-strong-wing.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Weissenstein: Two Hours, Three Thousand Dead https://qualla.com/battle-of-weissenstein/ The hussars went straight for the German reiters on the Swedish left and broke them in the first charge. Behind the cavalry, de Canut's infantry made the only fierce stand of the day, fighting hand to hand in the smoke until de Canut himself was killed. With his death the left co...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/d/6/p/battle-of-weissenstein-wp/ud6p-battle-of-weissenstein-two-hours-three-thousand-dead.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Weissenstein: Paide Today https://qualla.com/battle-of-weissenstein/ Stålarm's broken army withdrew. The siege of Weissenstein was lifted. Chodkiewicz would go on to win his most famous victory three years later at Kircholm in 1605, where 4,000 of his men routed an 11,000-strong Swedish army in less than half an hour. Modern Paide is a quiet Eston...

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