Battle of Punitz

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Battle of Punitz
Part of the Great Northern War
Date October 28, 1704
Location Punitz, Poland
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden Saxony
Commanders
Charles XII Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg
Strength
7,000 men 4,900 men
Casualties and losses
300 killed or wounded 500 killed, wounded or captured
1 gun
v • d • e
Great Northern War
Narva – Daugava – Erastfer – Kliszów – Pułtusk – Jēkabpils – Poznań – Punitz – Gemauerthof – Warsaw – Grodno – Fraustadt – Kalisz – Holowczyn – Malatitze – Lesnaya – Poltava – Perevolochna – Helsingborg – Gadebusch – Bender – Pälkäne – Storkyro – Gangut – Stralsund – Dynekilen – Ösel – Stäket – Grengam

The Battle of Punitz took place on October 28, 1704 in Punitz (Poniec), Poland, during the Great Northern War. The Swedish Army under Charles XII unsuccessfully tried to dislodge the Saxon Army under Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg through several cavalry charges. The Saxons had deployed in a massive square formation near the village of Janitz, west of Punitz.

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