Battle of Ula

Battle of Ula
	Part of the Livonian War
Date	26 January 1564
Location	North of Chashniki (modern Belarus)54°53′51″N 29°09′18″E / 54.89750°N 29.15500°E
Result	Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł	Pyotr Shuysky †
Strength
4,000–6,000 or 10,000	17,000−24,000
Casualties and losses
20 dead, 700 injured	Russian chronicles: 150–700 ; Lithuanian claims:9,000, 20,000
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Belarus Battle of Ula (European Russia)

The Battle of Ula or Battle of Chashniki was fought during the Livonian War on 26 January 1564 between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Tsardom of Russia on the Ula River [be] (tributary of the Daugava River) north of Chashniki in the Vitebsk Region.^[1] The Russian troops, unarmed and moving in a loose formation, were taken by complete surprise and defeated, losing their large wagon train.

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