| Battle of Skuodas | |||||||
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| Part of The Deluge | |||||||
 Field Marshal Robert Douglas | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Sweden |  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge | Samuel Komorowski | ||||||
During the Swedish Deluge on May 18, 1658 near Skuodas, the Hussar Captain Samuel Komorowski fought the unresolved battle against the army of Field Marshal Robert Douglas, who was forced to resign from the attack on Samogitia. [1]
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