IV/18 LITHUANIAN & SAMOGITIAN 1132 AD - 1515 AD

This list covers Lithuanian and Samogitian armies from the invasion of Lithuania by Mstislav of Kiev in 1132. The destruction of Kiev by the Mongols in 1240 allowed expansion into western Russia and acquisition of Russian foot. Even after unification with Poland in 1386 by marriage of the Grand Duke to the Polish heiress, the Lithuanian royal army continued an independent existence and Grand Dukes sometimes fought independently, as at Kletsk in 1506. Most Lithuanians remained pagans, providing an excuse for aggressionby the Teutonic Knights. Their even more obstinately pagan Samogitian neighbours were conquered by the Teutonics in 1406, but rebelled in 1409 and joined Lithuania in 1411. Until 1386, horsemen were mainly unarmoured skirmishers, who carried bows for fighting on foot, but fought mounted with an 89 foot light lance. From 1386, many nobles wore “silver-coloured shirts of mail”. References: Annies of Feudal Europe 1. Heath, Armies of the Middle Ages Vol 2 1. Heath.

IV/18 — Lithuanian or Samogitian Army 1132 AD - 1515 AD

List: 1 x General (Cv), 3 x horsemen (Cv//3Bw or LH//3Bw), 5 x horse (LH//3Bw), 2x horse (LH/ /3Bw) or spearmen (3Ax), 1 x horse (LH/ /3Bw) or foot archers (Ps) or bombards (Art)
Terrain: Forest
Aggression: 2
Enemies:
Allies: IV/30 or IV/47 or IV/66 or IV/80