Siege of Riga

When

22 Feb 1700

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

56.95° N, 24.11° E

Description

1700 sieges in the Great Northern War

Sieges in the Great Northern War

The sieges of Riga were two sieges which took place on February 22 and June 15, 1700, in Riga during the Great Northern War. The Swedish garrison of about 4,000 men under the command of Erik Dahlberg successfully repulsed the Saxons until the main Swedish army under Charles XII of Sweden arrived to sweep the Saxons away in the Battle of Riga which ended the period of sieges for the year.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine Invasion der sächsischen Armee unter Jacob Heinrich von Flemming in Livland ohne Kriegserklärung und die auf einen fehlgeschlagenen Überraschungsangriff…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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