Battle of Palanga

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Battle of Palanga
Part of the Great Northern War

Battle of Palanga in 1705
Date2 February 1705 (O.S.)
3 February 1705 (Swedish calendar)
13 February 1705 (N.S.)
Location
Palanga, Samogitia, Lithuania
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Tsardom of Russia
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Joachim Danckwardt Iwan Stephan Gogaron Morbirun
Strength
387 cavalry 1,600 cavalry
400–500 cavalry
Casualties and losses
5 killed
55 wounded		 300 killed
50 captured

The Battle of Palanga, or the Battle of Polangen, was fought on 13 February 1705 between a Swedish army commanded by Joachim Danckwardt and a Russian–Lithuanian army under Iwan Stephan Gogaron Morbirun. Danckwardt was sent to Palanga in Samogitia with 387 cavalry to reopen the line of communication between Courland and eastern Prussia, in which he was successful. The Russians and Lithuanians gathered a force of about 2,000 cavalry and intercepted him at Palanga. Danckwardt was able to fend off their attacks for a while, before winning the battle with a counterattack against their lines. The Swedish detachment then participated in Lewenhaupt's short-lived offensive in Samogitia. At the Battle of Gemauerthof later that year, Danckwardt was killed in action.