What the records say
- When
- 19 Jul 1703
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 60.12° N, 29.98° E
- Description
- 1703 battle
Battle of Systerbäck
Battle in the Great Northern War
The Battle of Systerbäck took place on July 19, 1703 near the Sestra River during the Great Northern War. The Swedish army under the command of Abraham Cronhjort had to pull back to escape encirclement of the much larger Russian force under Boris Sheremetev. The two sides estimated their losses to 390 Swedish dead and wounded and 150 Russians dead and wounded.
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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 “Russian victory at the Battle of Systerbäck”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Systerbäck endet mit einem Sieg russischer über schwedische Einheiten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page