Editing War of the Polish Succession (section)

===Poland===
[[File:Russia, 1700-33 (NYPL b14896507-439053).tiff|thumb|An [[Imperial Russian Army]] infantryman of the period]]
The Russians, commanded by [[Peter Lacy]], quickly captured the capital city of [[Warsaw]] and installed Augustus as potential heir, forcing Stanisław to flee to [[Danzig]] (present-day Gdańsk), where he was [[Siege of Danzig (1734)|besieged for some time]] by a Russian-Saxon army that came under the overall command of Field Marshal [[Burkhard Christoph von Münnich]]. Danzig capitulated in June 1734, and Stanisław was forced to flee once more, this time first to the city of [[Königsberg]] and eventually to France. This ended major military activity in Poland itself, although it continued to be occupied by foreign troops as Augustus dealt with partisan supporters of Stanisław. A group of nobles and aristocrats supporting Stanisław formed the [[Confederation of Dzików]] in late 1734, and under their commander, [[Adam Tarło]], tried to fight the Russian and Saxon troops, but their efforts were ineffective. In what became known as the [[Pacification Sejm (1736)|Pacification Sejm]], held in June–July 1736, Augustus was confirmed as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. The war is believed to have fractured the Polish nobility, leaving Poland vulnerable to further foreign interference.