Battle of Wesenberg (1704)

Battle of Wesenberg Part of Great Northern War Date June 15, 1704 (O.S.) June 16, 1704 (Swedish calendar) June 26, 1704 (N.S.) Location Rakvere, Estonia Result Russian victory Belligerents Swedish Empire Tsardom of Russia Commanders and leaders Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach Karl Evald von Rönne Strength 1,400 men[1] 8,000 men[1] Casualties and losses 1,200 killed, wounded, captured and dispersed[1] unknown

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

The Battle of Wesenberg took place on June 26, 1704 close to Rakvere (Wesenberg) during the Great Northern War. The Swedish cavalry force of 1,400 men under the command of Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach retreated before Karl Evald von Rönnes larger force. However, the Swedes were caught at Wesenberg and after a valiant defense, they had been close to annihilated with only 200 men escaping, the rest was either killed, captured or missing. The Russian losses are unknown.^[1]

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