Nieznane źródło do dziejów oblężenia i kapitulacji Twierdzy Kohenhausen z 1700 roku
Unknown source concerning the history of the siege and the surrender of the Stronghold of Kokenhausen in 1700

Summary/Abstract: The capture of the Stronghold of Kokenhausen in October 1700 was the last act of the 8-month-long campaign of August II’s army on the area of Swedish Inflanty Voivodeship. After the disgrace of the premature abandoning of the siege of Riga (the main aim of this campaign), it was a vital military and political success. However, in the literature concerning the Great Northern War the pieces of information on this event are mostly scarce and when confronting them with each other one can see many contradictions and oblique statements. It causes the picture of the siege and surrender of the Kokenhausen Stronghold to be unclear and bring doubts to mind. The only way out of this situation is referring to a first-hand source of information – i.e. to a description given by a witness of the events. Such a source is undoubtedly the letter written on 9th October 1900 in the camp of the Saxon army near Kokenhausen, presented herein. Its author was probably a court treasurer of the Crown, Atanazy Miączyński (1639–1723), experienced commander of John III Sobieski’s times, as well as a faithful supporter of August II.

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