Battle of Hummelshof

When

29 Jul 1702

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

57.78° N, 26.03° E

Description

1702 battle

1702 engagement during the Great Northern War

Battle of Hummelshof took place on 18 July 1702 (O.S.) near the small town Hummelshof in Swedish Livonia. It was the second significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War in which a Russian army under Boris Sheremetev attacked a much smaller force under Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach and defeated it after experiencing similar casualties to the Swedes.

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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 “July 30 (July 19 O.S.; July 20 Swedish calendar) – Great Northern War: Battle of Hummelshof – Russia defeats Sweden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Russen erringen entscheidende Siege gegen die etwa 6000 Mann zählenden Schweden in Livland in den Gefechten bei Hummelshof (oder Hummelsdorf)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire russe de Boris Cheremetiev sur les Suédois à la bataille de Hummelshof”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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