The Battle Hostile_encounter of Lubrze was a night battle Hostile_encounter which took place Process_start during the Deluge ( part of the Second Northern War Military_operation ) in August 1656 between Polish forces under voivode of Kalisz Andrzej Karol Grudziński and a Swedish-Brandenburg force under Jan Wejhard von Wrzesowicz .

Swedish-Brandenburg forces were coming Motion to provide Supply relief Assistance to the besieged Besieging town of Kalisz , invested Expend_resource by Polish army under voivode of Malbork Jakub Wejher , brother of Ludwik Weyher .

A small Polish force ( between 200 and 500 men ) surprised Change_sentiment a weakly guarded Bearing_arms Swedish-Brandenburg cavalry camp at Lubrze in Greater Poland , near Śrem and Środa Wielkopolska , and 47 km south-east of the voivodeship capital of Poznań .

Throughout the night fighting Hostile_encounter Polish soldiers decimated Destroying the Swedish-Brandenburg division ( source vary from 800 to 2000 strong ) , both in the village and on the banks of a small stream where defenders took Conquering flight , killing Killing between 500 and 800 officers and men ( entire command of 800 officers and men according to des Noyers ) , taking Conquering many prisoners Prison including a Prussian colonel and his trumpeter , while the Swedish commander , Jan Wejhard von Wrzesowicz , was killed Killing by the peasants while in flight Self_motion from the battlefield .