The Battle of Narva was the second Russian siege of Swedish Narva during the Great Northern War, resulting in the capture of the town by Russia on August 9, 1704, and the subsequent massacre of some of its Swedish inhabitants.[3]
Battle of Narva | |||||||
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Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
![]() Peter the Great leads the Russian troops capturing Narva in 1704 | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
3,800 infantry and 1,300 cavalry | 20,000[1]: 697 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,200 dead or wounded 1900 captured | up to 3,000 dead or wounded[2] |
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Four years after the first battle of Narva, Tsar Peter I marched again in an attempt to capture Narva and destroy Ingria as a Swedish Supply area.[1]: 697 Marshal Boris Sheremetev's force of 20,000 captures Tartu on 24 June.[1]: 697 Sheremetev then besieges Narva, with the garrison under the Commandant Major-General Henning Rudolf Horn af Ranzien and consisted of 3,800 infantry and 1,300 cavalry. After a long siege followed by a three-fronted attack the Russians captured Narva on August 20, 1704, having massacred some of the Swedish inhabitants before Peter I stopped them.[1]: 69 General Horn, several officers and a large number of Swedish soldiers were captured, with about 3,200 casualties. The Russians lost up to 3,000 men in total.[2] On September 11, citizens of Narva swore allegiance to Peter I in the courtyard of the town hall.[4]
In August, Peter I signed the Treaty of Narva in the town.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Tucker, S.C., 2010, A Global Chronology of Conflict, Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, ISBN 9781851096671
- ^ a b Военный энциклопедический лексикон. Часть 9-я. СПб, 1845, с. 376
- ^ Dupuy, Richard Ernest; Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt (1986). The encyclopedia of military history from 3500 B.C. to the present (2 ed.). Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-181235-8.
- ^ Петров А.В. Город Нарва, его прошлое и достопримечательности. СПб, 1901, с. 175