Battle of Pułtusk (1703)

Battle of Pułtusk Part of Great Northern War Battle of Pultusk, 1703. The Swedish army upper left, Saxon army upper right. The final battle at the bridge, low center. Date April 20, 1703 (O.S.) April 21, 1703 (Swedish calendar) May 1, 1703 (N.S.) Location Pułtusk, Poland Result Swedish victory Belligerents Swedish Empire  Saxony Commanders and leaders Charles XII Adam Heinrich von Steinau Strength 3,000 cavalry[1] 3,500 cavalry[2] Casualties and losses 40:[3] 20 killed, 20 wounded 1,200:[3] 400 killed, 800 captured

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

The Battle of Pułtusk took place on April 21, 1703 in Pułtusk during the Great Northern War. The Swedish army under the command of Charles XII defeated the Saxon army under Adam Heinrich von Steinau.

Charles later went on to take Toruń (Thorn) in December.^[4]

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Coordinates: 52°43′00″N 21°06′00″E / 52.716667°N 21.100000°E / 52.716667; 21.100000