In October 1658 a Swedish force under eld marshal Ro-

bert Douglas entered the territory of Courland. Until that

time the duchy was able to keep instable neutrality and
duke Jakub Kettler allowed the Swedes to march across
his state. Ofcially Douglas soldiers were marching in
order to attack the Lithuanian forces, but the truth was
completely diferent. They launched a surprise attack on
Mitau and with almost no struggle managed to disarm
the small Courland forces as well as take the duke and
his family prisoner. The town and the castle were thoro-
ughly sacked with Douglas leading the pillaging along
with his ofcers. The eld marshal quickly took over the
whole territory of the Duchy and garrisoned all the im-
portant castles.
For a long time the Lithuanian forces were unable to
take any action against Douglas. This enabled the Swe-
des to move reinforcements from Livonia. The forces
led by the eld marshal included 8 mercenary reiter re-
giments, 1 Finnish reiter regiment, Estonian noble levy
squadron and a company of Courland volunteers. Most
of infantry was spread out in garrisons; however 3 Fin-
nish, 1 English and 1 Scottish regiments were included in
the eld division. Numerical strength of those units was
very low, companies often numbered only 20-30 men.
However the ofcers were of good quality including
eld marshal Douglas the regiments included also
many veterans of previous ghts.
In early 1659 the Swedes focused on harassing the Li-
thuanian forces with small raids, especially at edasai,
besieged by the Lithuanians. At the beginning of May,
according to orders from Charles X Gustav himself, Do-
uglas commenced an ofensive from Courland towards
Samogitia. However his march was stopped on 18 May
1659 at Zydylia. During a erce struggle the Swedish re-
iters were repulsed with a Lithuanian attack. Douglas
supported his cavalry with infantry and artillery, and
managed to force the Lithuanian division led by Samuel
Komorowski to withdraw under heavy re. The Lithu-
anian resistance stopped the Swedish ofensive for some
time. In June, when Lithuanian forces were engaged in
the siege of Kuldiga, Douglas once more tried to launch
an ofensive into Samogitia. It was supposed to lead the
Lithuanians away from the besieged Kuldiga, however
their commanders Komorowski and Poubiski did
not fall for this trick. As a result the eld marshal moved
to Kuldiga, trying to defeat the Lithuanian forces in a de-
cisive battle. On 10 September 1659, after a hard battle,
with heavy losses on both sides the Douglas forces were
repulsed from under the town. 9 days later Kuldiga capi-
tulated.
Only skirmishes and raids took place over the follo-
wing month, the Swedes tried to harass Lithuanian
and Brandenburg forces besieging the Courland ca-
stles. On 21 October there was another larger ght, this
time against a Lithuanian cavalry force led by Micha
Pac, who took command after Komorowskis death.
The Zydylia scenario was repeated Swedish cavalry
was repulsed however the Lithuanians were unable
to punch through the massed re of Swedish infantry
and artillery. Still Douglas was forced to retreat to Riga
and completely lost control over West Courland. The
eld marshal did not have sufcient forces to coun-
ter the siege (and capture in January 1660) of Mitau,
however he was still sending raids that harassed the
Lithuanian forces.
Division of Field Marshal Douglas
Courland 1658-1659
Micha Kadrinazi Paradowski, Rafa Szwelicki
Formation Move Armor Morale Skill Close Combat Shooting Weapons Efectiveness Range Special Rules
Commander
Field Marshal /+ Hand weapons CC Commander
Pistols Scarce ammunition
Shooting in Charge
- pistols
Douglas
1. Command: 2. Cost: 5
Field Marshal Douglas
Robert Douglas (1611-1662) descendant of a Scottish family resi-
ding in Sweden, veteran of the Thirty Years War, general from 1647,
eld marshal from 1657, well known as a cavalry commander of very
impetuous nature (this can be seen in many of his military opera-
tions), he was often given command of independent units. In 1658
he fell into disfavor of the king (and not only) after he disgracefully
captured Courland and mistreated its duke. He successfully fought
against the Lithuanian forces of hetman Gosiewski and regimentarz
(substitute hetman) Komorowski in Livonia. Two years after the pe-
ace of Oliva he died of a stroke in Stockholm.
Special rules:
Excellent Commander [reiters]
Every turn he receives an additional Command Point that may be used for giving orders to the units of
reiters or to be transferred to commanders of such units.
Initiative [+1]
He receives a +1 modier to Initiative rolls
Greedy
His greed blinds him sometimes he may attack carelessly seeking plunder, sometimes he will defend
them ercely, nally he may make enemies while sharing them. Roll a die:
1-4: No efect.
5-6: Impetuous you may not give the Defense Order/Instruction in the 1st turn, all units from Do-
uglas division (regiments, independent companies and artillery) cannot start the battle with Defense
Order/Instruction. He uses 2 Command Points to issue a Defense Order/Instruction. The Command
Points transferred by him may only be used by subordinate Commanders to issue an Charge order or to
increase the Units Morale.
7-8: Cautious All the units in Douglas division (regiments, independent companies and artillery)
start with the Defense Order/Instruction in the 1st turn (if the scenario allows it). Issuing a Defense Or-
der/Instruction costs him 1 Command Point less (not less than 1). Basic cost of issuing an Charge Order/
Instruction is 2 Command Point.
9-0: Disliked Randomly choose one regiment. Treat units from this regiment as Insubordinate. Do-
uglas must spend 1 additional Command Point in order to transfer points to the Commander of such
Regiment.
Divisional Special Rules:
Bellum se ipsum alet
(Rulebook, p. 291)
Disciplined
(Rulebook, p. 291)
On their own land
Swedish forces in Courland knew the area of the conict very well, they also were able to use local
guides. Division receives 2 additional Reconnaissance Points.
Weve fought in Poland, Prussia, Livonia
Many of Douglas ofcers were veterans of previous campaigns. Colonels in mercenary reiter regiments
can upgrade to Command for free (in veteran regiments they will automatically receive 1-base
company of reiters, as per regiments rules)
Livregemente
One of cavalry regiment under Douglas command was his own livregemente (life-guard regiment),
composed of enlisted Swedes and Germans. You can (but its not mandatory) add additional (fourth)
regiment as base of division. Its veteran mercenary reiter regiment, it cannot be though the strongest
(in FSP) regiment in division. It cannot also strength its companies with additional (grey) bases, but
you can still add additional ofcers and companies.
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Division of Field Marshal Douglas Courland 1658-1659
* Medium gun
- this must be a 6pdr octave



Available only if national reiter regiment is not
taken as part of additional regiments
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Special rules:
"Bellum se ipsum alet", Disciplined, On their own land,
Weve fought in Poland, Prussia, Livonia , Livregemente
Pormation Move Armor MoraIe 8kiII CIose Comhat 8hooting Weapons Eectiveness Bange 8peciaI BuIes
E8TONIAN NO8LE LEVY
Cavalry
Estonian Ievy zc/+Jc + 1 z J Hand weapon c CC Poor TacticaI
PistoIs c
Carhine J/c Jc/zc
DiscipIine
Insuhordinate
8carce ammunition
Unwilling to Fight levy does not generate Reconnaissance Po-
ints. While eeing they make an Additional Move of 20cm instead
of 10cm.
As Estonian noble levy you can use mix of models from Swedish
reiters range and mounted militia of Royal City of Gdask.