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Sander Säde (talk | contribs) Reverted good faith edits by Shervinsky (talk): Yes. Dubious is meant for unsourced or badly sourced data, while 7000 is in a source. |
Shervinsky (talk | contribs) It means dubious source, too. Your intention is clear: to hide it more and to leave more people with the impression that it's true. |
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Battle of Lode | |||||||
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Part of Livonian War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sweden | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Clas Åkesson Tott | Simeon Bekbulatovich | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1,300 men | 16,000 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
light | 5,000–7,000[dubious – discuss] |
Battle of Lode was a battle fought during the Livonian War, between Sweden and Russia at January 23, 1573. The battle was won by the Swedes.
Battle
At 23 January a Swedish army of 700 infantry and 600 cavalry under command of Clas Åkesson Tott clashed with an Russian army of 16,000 men under the command of Simeon Bekbulatovich, by the village of Koluvere, just outside Lode. Swedish commander Tott, gave orders to his cavalry to engage the Russians. Despite being heavily outnumbered they managed to tear up their formations and break in, but was later forced to retreat over the mighty numbers. Tott, However, used this opportunity to strike with his infantry and cavalry once more and after a while the whole Russian force was scattered and fled. The Swedish cavalry persecuted and cut down many Russians on their rout.
It is said the Russian force lost about 7,000 men during the battle, which, most likely is of exaggerated numbers – however, they were probably heavy. The Swedish casualties were light. Tott returned to Reval with all their artillery, hundreds of horses and a big amount of sleds the Russians left during their rout. The Russian Czar, Ivan IV later began peace negotiations and sent a letter to Johan III king of Sweden. But due to the previous mistreated negotiations he doubted the Russians will to make peace.
Source
- Sundberg, Ulf: Svenska krig 1521-1814, p. 78, Hjalmarson & Högberg Bokförlag, Stockholm 2002, ISBN 91-89660-10-2
- Anders Anton von Stiernman, Swea och Götha Höfdinga-Minne, Volym 2
- Fridolf Ödberg, Tidsbilder ur 1500-talets svenska häfder, C. E. Fritzes kungl. hofbokhandel, 1896
- Сказанія князя Курбскаго, Андрей Михайлович Курбский