Siege of Danzig

The siege of Danzig of 1734 was the Russian encirclement and capture of the Polish city-port of Gdańsk, during the War of Polish Succession. It was the first time that troops of France and Russia had met as foes in the field.Augustus II of Saxony, who had also ruled as King of Poland for most of the years since 1697, died on 1 February 1733, sparking a struggle over his successor to the Polish throne. Stanisław I Leszczyński, who had briefly ruled as king during the Great Northern War , was elected king by an election sejm held on 10 September 1733, with broad support from the Polish nobility and population, as well as support from France , and Sweden . Russia, the Habsburgs, and Saxony, desiring a monarch over whom they would have more influence, opposed his election. Russia sent troops into Poland in August 1733, at first in an attempt to influence the election, but then forcing Stanisław, who had only 2,000 troops in Warsaw, to retreat to Gdańsk, where he entrenched with his partisans to await support that had been promised by France. On 30 September a Russian army of 20,000 under Peter Lacy arrived in Warsaw, and on 6 October a second sejm proclaimed Augustus III king.

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