Battle of Jēkabpils

Battle of Jēkabpils
Part of the Great Northern War

Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659-1719).
Date July 25, 1704 (O.S.)
July 26, 1704 (Swedish calendar)
August 5, 1704 (N.S.)
Location Jēkabpils / Jakobstadt, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, (present day Jēkabpils, about 125 km southeast of Riga, Latvia)
Result Swedish decisive victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki
Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński
Korsak
Strength
About 3,000 Swedes, about 2,000 Lithuanians under Sapieha[1]
'Total:
5,000 men		 About 10,000 Lithuanians and Poles under Wiśniowiecki, about 3,500 Russians[1]
Total:
13,500 men
Casualties and losses
About 60 killed, about 180 wounded[1] About 2,000 killed[1]

The Battle of Jēkabpils (Swedish: Slaget vid Jakobstadt) was a battle in the Great Nordic War. It took place on July 25, 1704 (O.S.) / July 26, 1704 (Swedish calendar) / August 5, 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 Kuvaja, Christer (2008) (in Swedish). Karolinska krigare 1660–1721. Helsingfors: Schildts Förlags AB. p. 164. ISBN 978-951-50-1823-6.