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Battle of Jēkabpils
Part of the Great Northern War

The Battle of Jakobstadt (engraving from the Johann Christoph Brotze's collection)
Date25 July 1704 (O.S.)
26 July 1704 (Swedish calendar)
5 August 1704 (N.S.)
Location
Jēkabpils / Jakobstadt, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, (present day Jēkabpils, about 125 km southeast of Riga, Latvia)
Result Decisive Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt
Krzysztof Zawisza
Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki
Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński
Strength

About 3,000 Swedes, 2,000–3,000 Lithuanians

Total:
Around 5,500 men[1]

About 10,000 Poles and Lithuanians,
5,000 Russians

Total:
About 15,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
57 killed
167 wounded[2][1]
2,300 killed
Around 260 captured[1]

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

  1. ^ a b c d Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström
  2. ^ Kuvaja, Christer (2008). Karolinska krigare 1660–1721 (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Schildts Förlags AB. p. 164. ISBN 978-951-50-1823-6.