Siege of Thorn (1703)

Siege of Thorn

Siege of Thorn, 1703

Date	May to October 14, 1703
Location	Toruń, Poland
Result	Swedish victory

Belligerents

Swedish Empire

Saxony

Commanders and leaders

Charles XII

General von Kanitz

Strength

26,000 men

6,000 men

Casualties and losses

50 dead

1,000 dead
4,860 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

The Siege of Thorn was set during the Great Northern War, between Sweden and Saxony from May to October 14, 1703. The Swedish army was commanded by Charles XII of Sweden and the Saxon by General von Kanitz. The siege ended with a victory for Sweden, and the whole garrison surrendered to the Swedes.

References

Karl Hoburg: Die Belagerungen der Stadt und Festung Thorn seit dem 17. Jahrhundert, Lambeck Verlag, Thorn 1844
Anders Fryxell: Lebensgeschichte Karl's des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden, Band 1, Braunschweig 1861

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