Battle of Poniec

Battle of Punitz Part of the Great Northern War Date October 28, 1704 Location Punitz, Poland Result Inconclusive[1] Belligerents Swedish Empire  Saxony Commanders and leaders Charles XII Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg Strength 5,200:[2] 2,300 engaged, 2,900 on the march 4,100:[2] 3,600 infantry, 500 cavalry, 9 cannon Casualties and losses 230:[2] 130 killed, 100 wounded 500:[2] 300 killed, 200 captured, 9 cannon

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 Poniec took place on October 28, 1704 in Poniec, Poland, during the Great Northern War. The Swedish Army under Charles XII unsuccessfully dislodged 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 Janiszewo, west of Poniec.

References

1. ↑ Sjöström, Oskar (2008). Fraustadt 1706. Ett fält färgat rött (in Swedish). Lund: Historiska Media. p. 137. ISBN 978-91-85507-90-0. 
2. 1 2 3 4 Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström

Coordinates: 51°45′30″N 16°49′00″E / 51.7583°N 16.8167°E / 51.7583; 16.8167