Battle of Jakobstadt

Battle of Jakobstadt
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; The Battle of Jakobstadt (engraving from the Johann Christoph Brotze's collection)
Date	25 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	About 10,000 Poles and Lithuanians,; 5,000 Russians; Total:; About 15,000 men
Casualties and losses
57 killed ; 167 wounded	2,300 killed; Around 260 captured

The Battle of Jakobstadt (Latvian language: Jēkabpils ), (Polish language: 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 language: Jakobstadt) in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. The Swedes were victorious.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström
↑ Kuvaja, Christer (2008) (in Swedish). Karolinska krigare 1660–1721. Helsingfors: Schildts Förlags AB. p. 164. ISBN 978-951-50-1823-6.

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[Northern_Wars-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström

[Kuvaja-2] Kuvaja, Christer (2008) (in Swedish). Karolinska krigare 1660–1721. Helsingfors: Schildts Förlags AB. p. 164. ISBN 978-951-50-1823-6.

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