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The Crossing of the Daugava on July 9, 1701 was the Swedish push into Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the victory at the Narva in late 1700. The Swedish king Charles XII was in hot pursuit of his cousin King Augustus II the Strong of Poland and Saxony. The battle turned out to be a great Swedish triumph, and the crossing was easily made, and enemy troops were quickly broken and scattered by retreat. Combatants Sweden Ottoman Empire (1710â€“1714) Ukrainian Cossacks Russia Denmark-Norway Poland-Lithuania Saxony later also Prussia, Hanover Commanders Charles XII of Sweden Ahmed III Ivan Mazepa Peter the Great Augustus II the Strong Frederick IV of Denmark Strength 77,000 in the beginning of the war. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Coordinates: Founded 1201 Government - Mayor JÄnis Birks Area - City 307. ... Baltic Tribes, ca 1200 CE This article is about the region in Europe. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is the easternmost federal state of Germany. ... Carl XII, Karl XII or Carolus Rex, (June 17, 1682 â€“ November 30, 1718), the Alexander of the North, nicknamed in Turkish as DemirbaÅŸ Åžarl (Charles the HabituÃ©), was a King of Sweden from 1697 until his death in 1718. ... Reign From 1697, until 1706 and from 1709, until February 1, 1733 Elected In 1697 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On September 15, 1697 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Wettin Parents John George III Wettin Anne Sophie Consorts ? Children August III Sas Maurice... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Three famous battles took place around Narva. ... Charles XII is: Charles XII, or Karl XII, (1682 - 1718), King of Sweden - see Charles XII of Sweden a 19th_century racehorse _ see Charles XII (horse) a pub in the Yorkshire village of Heslington, named after the racehorse - see Heslington This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... Reign From 1697, until 1706 and from 1709, until February 1, 1733 Elected In 1697 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On September 15, 1697 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Wettin Parents John George III Wettin Anne Sophie Consorts ? Children August III Sas Maurice... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is the easternmost federal state of Germany. ...

The battle started on the morning of the 9th, the Saxon/Russian army was approximately 19,000 men strong and under the command of the saxon generalfeldmarschall Adam Heinrich von Steinau. In the first attack wave about 7,000 Swedes crossed the Düna (Daugava), the crossing was supported by a number of heavily armed ships, which under cover of smoke had managed to sail up the river. Swedes launched surprise attack on the Polish and Saxon armies camped on the opposite bank of Düna (Daugava) in the Spilve meadows. As the smoke slowly cleared away the Saxons become aware what was going on, and they immediately launched a counter attack. The Swedish force, under the personal command of the King, would not retreat. After a brief stalemate the swedes managed to form up and initiate a second attack, and after 2 hours the battle was won. The Swedish army had successfully crossed the river, and the Saxons were in retreat. Shoulder boards of a Generalfeldmarschall Generalfeldmarschall ( â–¶(?)) (General Field Marshal, usually translated simply as Field Marshal, and sometimes written only as Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states, the Holy Roman Empire, and Austrian Empire. ... River Daugava flowing through Riga city into the Baltic Sea The Daugava or Western Dvina (Latvian: Daugava, German DÃ¼na, Belarusan: Ð—Ð°Ñ…Ð¾Ð´Ð½ÑÑ Ð”Ð·ÑŒÐ²Ñ–Ð½Ð°, Russian: Ð—Ð°ÌÐ¿Ð°Ð´Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð”Ð²Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ì, Finnish VÃ¤inÃ¤) is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, flowing through Russia and Belarus, and then Latvia, draining into the Gulf of Riga, an arm of...

During the battle small barges, armed with cannons were used. Thus combining land forces, sea forces as well as deception (smoke) to fulfill mission objectives. This was a stunning victory, carefully planned and very well executed. This article or section includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

After the battle Courland falls to Sweden, and Charles XII and his army marched into Bauska where the army stayed until August the 11th. Coat of arms of Courland Courland (Latvian: ; German: ; Latin: Curonia / Couronia; Lithuanian: ; Estonian: ; Polish: ; Russian: ) is an historical Baltic province now part of Latvia. ... Charles XII is: Charles XII, or Karl XII, (1682 - 1718), King of Sweden - see Charles XII of Sweden a 19th_century racehorse _ see Charles XII (horse) a pub in the Yorkshire village of Heslington, named after the racehorse - see Heslington This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... Bauska- town in Zemgale- southern Latvia, 70km from capital- Riga and 20km from border with Lithuania, between rivers Musa and Memele in a place where they join and form Lielupe river. ...

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In preparation to his attack on Riga King Charles XII ordered the first bridge across the Daugava, which was made of anchored and interconnected by ropes boats. After the Swedish victory, the city was left with the structure. In 1705 the bridge, which was lodged for the winter in Vējzaķsalas Bay, was washed away by the high spring waters. Later the floating bridge was restored, but in 1710 it was destroyed again by the Russian army during Riga besiege.^[1]

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Categories: Battles of the Great Northern War | 1701 Combatants Sweden Ottoman Empire (1710â€“1714) Ukrainian Cossacks Russia Denmark-Norway Poland-Lithuania Saxony later also Prussia, Hanover Commanders Charles XII of Sweden Ahmed III Ivan Mazepa Peter the Great Augustus II the Strong Frederick IV of Denmark Strength 77,000 in the beginning of the war. ... Combatants Sweden Russia Commanders King Charles XII of Sweden Field Marshal Charles EugÃ¨ne de Croy Strength 10,640 about 37,000 Casualties 667 killed 15,000 killed or drowned the rest surrendered For other Battles of Narva, see Battle of Narva (disambiguation). ... Combatants Sweden Poland,Saxony Commanders Charles XII August II the Strong Strength 20 000, 20 000, Casualties 1000 2000 {{{notes}}} Battle of KliszÃ³w took place on July 19 1702 in MaÅ‚opolska during Great Northern War. ... Combatants Sweden Russia Commanders Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt Boris Sheremetyev Strength about 5,500 about 10,000 Casualties 800 killed, 1000 wounded 2000-6000 killed Battle of Gemauerthof was a battle in the Great Nordic War. ... Combatants Sweden Saxony Commanders Charles XII Adam Heinrich von Steinau Strength 3000 3500 Casualties 18 dead 200 dead 800 captured The Battle of PuÅ‚tusk took place on April 21, 1703 in PuÅ‚tusk during Great Northern War. ... The battle of Fraustadt was fought on February 3, 1706 between Swedish and Russians. ... The Battle of Holowczyn was fought between the Russian army, led by Field Marshal Sheremetyev, and the Swedish army, led by Charles XII of Sweden. ... The Battle of Lesnaya was one of the decisive battles of the Great Northern War. ... Combatants Swedish Empire Russian Empire Commanders Carl Gustaf RehnskiÃ¶ld # Peter the Great Strength 17,000 troops attacking, 8,000 besieging Poltava, 42,000â€“45,000 troops, 72 cannons 3,000 Kalmyks arrived at the end of battle] Casualties 6,900 killed or wounded, 2,800 prisoners 1,345 killed... Combatants Sweden Denmark Commanders Magnus Stenbock JÃ¸rgen Rantzau Strength 14,000 14,000 Casualties 800 dead, 2,000 wounded 5,000 dead 2,500 captured In the Battle of Helsingborg (February 28, 1710) 14,000 Danish invaders under JÃ¸rgen Rantzau was decisively defeated by an equally large Swedish... The Battle of Gadebusch was Swedens final great victory in the Great Northern War. ... Combatants Sweden Russia Commanders Carl Gustaf Armfeldt Mikhail Golitsyn Strength 4,500 9,000 Casualties 1,600 dead 900 wounded 1,800-2,000 dead or wounded The battle of Storkyro was fought on February 19, 1714 near the village Napue, Finland between a Swedish and a Russian army, as... The naval Battle of Gangut took place on July 27, 1714 during the Great Northern War, in the waters north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial Russian Navy. ... Combatants Denmark Prussia Sweden Commanders Frederick IV Frederick William III Charles XII Strength 36,000 soldiers Unknown Casualties Unknown Charles XII was wounded. ... The naval Battle of Dynekilen took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War, when a light Danish-Norwegian force under Tordenskjold trapped and defeated a similar Swedish force in Dynekilen fjord (just north of StrÃ¶mstad), on the west coast of Sweden. ... This battle took place 4 June 1719, during the Great Northern War. ... Combatants Sweden Russia Commanders Frederick of Hessen-Kassel Carl Gustaf DÃ¼cker Rutger Fuchs Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin Strength about 1,200 3,000 Casualties 100 killed or wounded about 500 killed or wounded The Battle of StÃ¤ket was a minor battle during the Great Northern War. ... The Battle of Grengam of 1720 was a major battle in the Great Northern War that marked the end of Swedish supremacy in the Baltic waters. ...

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