Battle of Jakobstadt
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| Battle of Jēkabpils | |||||||
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| Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
 The Battle of Jakobstadt (engraving from the Johann Christoph Brotze's collection) |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Swedish Empire |
 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Tsardom of Russia |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt Krzysztof Zawisza |
Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński |
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| Strength | |||||||
| About 3,000 Swedes, 2,000–3,000 Lithuanians Total: |
About 10,000 Poles and Lithuanians, 5,000 Russians Total: |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 57 killed 167 wounded[2][1] |
2,300 killed Around 260 captured[1] |
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The Battle of Jakobstadt (Latvian: Jēkabpils), (Polish: Krzyżbork) was a battle fought in the Great Northern War. It took place on 25 July 1704 (O.S.) / 26 July 1704 (Swedish calendar) / 5 August 1704 (N.S.) between a Swedish army under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt and a combined Lithuanian/Russian force under Great Hetman Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki at the town of Jēkabpils (German: Jakobstadt) in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. The Swedes were victorious.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström
- ^ Kuvaja, Christer (2008). Karolinska krigare 1660–1721 (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Schildts Förlags AB. p. 164. ISBN 978-951-50-1823-6.
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