Historical Basis
For a while historians did not believe that the battle actually took place. Information about it comes from generally confused and unreliable Ukrainian and Lithuanian Chronicles. No other sources actively collaborate with the story, many names mentioned in the chronicles do not appear anywhere else, details of the account are borrowed from earlier and later campaigns. However, more careful analysis of all available sources would show that while details and names are confused and tangled, the story has basis and should not be dismissed outright.
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