History Schmistory: September 27. A good old-fashioned Polish whuppin!
Saturday, September 27, 2025 in History, History Schmistory, Learn!
1605: The Polish-Swedish War: The Swedish army, in a matter of minutes, is utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian calvary in the Battle of Kircholm, while in the kitchen the Swedish meatball miraculously holds ground against the Polish sausage. All was not lost.
![wedish army bombarding the fortress of Dunamunde. A 17th-century etchingSee page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Ustdvinsk2.jpg)
wedish army bombarding the fortress of Dunamunde. A 17th-century etchingSee page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
