What the records say
- When
- 21 Jul 1705
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.23° N, 20.96° E
- Description
- battle of the forces of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Saxony, against Sweden, 1705
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Warsaw (1705)
Swedish victory in the Great Northern War
The Battle of Warsaw was fought on 31 July 1705 near Warsaw in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, during the Great Northern War and the 1701–1706 Swedish invasion of Poland. The battle was part of a power struggle for the Polish–Lithuanian throne, and was fought between Augustus II the Strong and Stanisław Leszczyński and their allies.
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