Battle of Grodno (1706)

For other uses, see Battle of Grodno.
Battle of Grodno
Part of the Great Northern War

Grodno and its fortifications on a 1706 plan
Date15 January 1706 (O.S.)
16 January 1706 (Swedish calendar)
26 January — 10 April 1706 (N.S.)
Location
Grodno, present-day Belarus
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Swedish Empire Tsardom of Russia Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Swedish Empire Charles XII Tsardom of Russia Georg Benedict Ogilvy
Electorate of Saxony Augustus II the Strong
Tsardom of Russia Anikita Repnin
Tsardom of Russia Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov
Strength

34,000:

24,000 Swedish[1]
10,000 Polish[2]

41,000:

36,000 Russian[1]
5,000 Saxon[1]
Casualties and losses

3,000:[1]

of which only 100 killed in actual combat, the majority perished due to frostbite and exhaustion

15,000[3]–17,000:[4]

8,000 during the blockade
7,000–9,000 during the retreat, the majority due to starvation, sickness and exhaustion

The Battle of Grodno (1706) refers to the battle during the Great Northern War. Grodno was a city of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at this time.

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  2. ^ Gordon A. The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: To which is Prefixed a Short General History of the Country from the Rise of that Monarchy: and an Account of the Author's Life, Volume 1. Aberdeen. 1755. p. 216
  3. ^ Dorrell, Nicholas. The Dawn of the Tsarist Empire: Poltava & the Russian Campaigns of 1708—1709, Partizan Press (2009). pp 18
  4. ^ Peter Ullgren, Det stora nordiska kriget 1700-1721 (2008) Stockholm, Prisma. Sida 142. ISBN 978-91-518-5107-5