Battle of Vistula Lagoon and the Poles and the Prussian Confederation seized the initiative in the Thirteen Years' War. The war itself ended with the signing of the Second Peace of Toruń in 1466 and the incorporation of Royal Prussia, including Gdańsk and Elbląg into Poland. The battle was first described by the contemporary Polish chronicler Jan Długosz. The battle is described in several works of historical fiction, among them "Znak Salamandry" ("Sign of the Salamander") by Jerzy Piechowski, "Skruszona Potęga" ("A Crumbled Power") by Kazimierz Traciewicz and "Bałtyckie Orły" ("Eagles of the Baltic") by Józef Wójcicki. Battle of Vistula Lagoon The Battle of
Vistula Lagoon The bordering administrative regions is Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, which had name Königsberg Oblast during half of 1946. While today the Kursenieki, also known as Kuršininkai are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living along the Curonian Spit, in 1649 Kuršininkai settlement spanned from Memel (Klaipėda) to Danzig (Gdańsk), including the area around the Vistula Lagoon. The Kuršininkai were eventually assimilated by the Germans, except along the Curonian Spit where some still live. The Kuršininkai were considered Latvians until after World War I when Latvia gained independence from the Russian Empire, a consideration based on linguistic