Battle of Saladen

Battle of Saladen Part of the Great Northern War Battle of Saladen, 1703 Date 18 March 1703 (O.S.) 19 March 1703 (Swedish calendar) 29 March 1703 (N.S.) Location Šakarniai, near Saločiai (now Lithuania) 56°14′55″N 24°21′42″E / 56.24861°N 24.36167°E / 56.24861; 24.36167Coordinates: 56°14′55″N 24°21′42″E / 56.24861°N 24.36167°E / 56.24861; 24.36167 Result Swedish victory Belligerents Swedish Empire Poland–Lithuania Tsardom of Russia Commanders and leaders Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński Strength 1,100 men[1] 6,000 men[2][3][1] Casualties and losses 40 killed 125 wounded 2 missing[2] around 1,500 killed[4] some 45 standards and 1,058 banners[3]

Great Northern War Campaigns Denmark Russia and the Baltic provinces Poland-Lithuania/Saxony Ottoman Empire Sweden and Northern Germany Norway Finland Battles 1st Riga 1st Tönning Humlebæk 1st Narva Petschora Düna Rauge Erastfer Druskininkai Vilnius Klissow Hummelshof Nöteborg Saladen Pultusk Systerbäck Wesenberg Thorn Jakobstadt Posen 2nd Narva Punitz Gemauerthof Warsaw Praga 1st Grodno Fraustadt Kletsk Kalisz 2nd Grodno Holowczyn Neva Malatitze Rajovka Lesnaya Desna Koniecpol Veprik Oposhnya Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye Sokolki Poltava Perevolochna 2nd Riga 2nd Vyborg Pruth Campaign Helsingborg Køge Bay Gadebusch 2nd Tönning Bender Finland Hogland Pälkäne Storkyro Gangut Stralsund Fehmarn Rügen Stresow Dynekilen Göteborg Strömstad Fredriksten Carolean Death March Ösel Stäket Grengam Treaties Charles XII invasion of Poland Düna Druskininkai Vilnius Klissow Saladen Pultusk Thorn Jakobstadt Posen Punitz Gemauerthof Warsaw Praga Grodno Fraustadt Kletsk Kalisz

The Battle of Saladen was a battle that took place on 19 March 1703 near Saločiai, Lithuania during the Great Northern War. The Swedes won the battle.

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://members.tripod.com/Bengt_Nilsson/Historia/frumeriesalat.htm
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.lewenhaupt.com/start/default.asp?ItemId=105
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The military history of Charles XII, King of Sweden. Gustavus Adlerfeld, Carl Maximilian Emanuel Adlerfelt. p.208
4. ↑ 576 Russian were killed on the field , around 1,000 were killed during the pursuit