Battle of Upeslejas

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Battle of Upeslejar
Part of Vesan Crusades
Date9th of March, 1282
Location
Near Upeslejas
Result Vesan victory
Withdrawal of Venadia from Vesan Crusades
Belligerents
File:VenadiaFlag.jpg Republic of Venadia File:VesanCommonwealth.PNG Vesan states
Commanders and leaders
Graf Mstislav Krutoy Vytenis
Strength
No more than 10,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy Light

The Battle of Upeslejas was a battle fought between the Republic of Venadia and various Vesan states in 1282 during the Vesan Crusades. The battle was part of a long list of events in the centuries-long conflict to convert the Vesan peoples to Christianity. Venadian forces under Graf Mstislav Krutoy, a cousin of Grand Prince Aleksandr, led a Venadian relief force towards the besieged holdings of the Petran Order in north-western Vesas.

Vesan forces under the command of the warlord Vytenis intercepted and ambushed the Venadian forces by the forests of Upeslejar on the 9th of March, catching the Venadians completely by surprise. The ensuing battle saw Mstislav Krutoy captured, and the vast majority of the Venadian forces slain. The ensuing ransom of Krutoy and other captured Venadian noblemen was hefty, and the Republic disinvolved themselves in the ongoing Crusades despite protests from the Archbishop of Venagorod.