What the records say
- When
- 14 Jul 1708
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.06° N, 28.91° E
- Description
- 1708 battle in the Great Northern War
Battle of Holowczyn
Major battle in the Great Northern War
The Battle of Holowczyn was fought in July 1708 between the Russian army and the Swedish army, led by Charles XII of Sweden, who was only 26 years of age at the time. Despite difficult natural obstacles and superior enemy artillery, the Swedes were able to achieve surprise and defeat the numerically superior Russian forces, who were separated from each other, had no overall command and could not coordinate their acti…
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Swedish victory over Russia at the Battle of Holowczyn”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Golowtschin kann das schwedische Heer unter König Karl XII. eine überlegene russische Armee bezwingen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Charles XII à la bataille d'Holowczyn (Holowczyn)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page