The battle of Erastfer (also Battle of Errestfer, Battle of Erastvere) took place on December 29, 1701 (O.S.) / December 30, 1701 (Swedish calendar) / January 9 / 1702 (N.S.) near Erastfer in eastern Swedish Livonia (present-day Erastvere in Estonia) between a Russian force of 12,000 men led by general Boris Sheremetev and a Swedish force of 2,200 under the command of Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach. The Swedes were defeated, with 700 killed and 350 men and four field pieces captured. The Russian casualties totalled about 1,000. It was the first significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War. Although the Swedish commander Schlippenbach managed to escape from the battlefield.[1]
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