Battle of Ērģeme

Battle of Ērģeme
Part of Livonian War
Date 2 August 1560 Location Ērģeme, near Valga, Livonia (now Latvia) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Livonian Confederation	Russian Tsardom
Commanders and leaders
Philipp Schall von Bell (POW)	Vasily Ivanovich Barbashin
Strength
330 knights	12.000 total
Casualties and losses
261 knights	?

The Battle of Ērģeme (also Battle of Ermes) (Estonian: Härgmäe lahing; German: Schlacht bei Ermes; Russian: сражение при Эрмесе; Latvian: Ērģemes kauja) was fought on 2 August 1560 in present-day Latvia (near Valga) as part of the Livonian War between the forces of Ivan IV of Russia and the Livonian Confederation. It was the last battle fought by the German knights in Livonia and an important Russian victory. The knights were defeated so thoroughly that the order had to be dissolved.

References

• Plakans, Andrejs (1995). The Latvians: A Short History. Hoover Press. p. 36.
• Turnbull, Stephen; Peter Dennis (2004). The Stone Castles of Latvia and Estonia 1185-1560. Osprey Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-84176-712-3.
• De Madariaga, Isabel (2005). Ivan the Terrible: First Tsar of Russia. Yale University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-300-09757-3.