In 1683, 3,000 of these troops under the leadership of John III Sobieski took part in an 18,000-man charge to break the Ottoman siege of Vienna.
The army of Charles IX was quickly defeated by a contingent of these troops at the Battle of Kircholm. In a message to the Pope, a king who had just led 3,000 of these troops to victory wrote "I came, I saw, God conquered." A force primarily made of these troops halted the campaign of Jacob de la Gardie by outsmarting an army five times its size at the Battle of Klushino. These troops often carried an elongated pick called a nadziak ("nah-jack"), and they began using a lance called a kopia as part of Stephen Bathory's reforms. In 1683, 3,000 of these troops under the leadership of John III Sobieski took part in an 18,000-man charge to break the Ottoman siege of Vienna. For 10 points, name this type of cavalry soldier, Polish examples of which incorporated wings into their uniforms.
The army of Charles IX was quickly defeated by a contingent of these troops at the Battle of Kircholm.
Polish hussars [or husaria; accept Winged Hussars; prompt on cavalry or horsemen] &lt;European History post-600&gt;