Battle of Praga (1705)

For the Kościuszko Uprising battle, see Battle of Praga.
Battle of Praga
Part of the Great Northern War
Warsaw and Praga with the connecting bridge
Warsaw and Praga with the connecting bridge, 1705.
DateOctober 14, 1705 (O.S.)
October 15, 1705 (Swedish calendar)
October 25, 1705 (N.S.)[1]
Location
Praga outside Warsaw, Poland
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Swedish Empire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Saxony
Tsardom of Russia Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Valentin Dahldorf,
Gustaf Henrik Siegroth[2]		 Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki,
Aleksandr Menshikov[1]
Strength
1,000–1,500 men[2] 5,000 men[2]
Casualties and losses
200[3] 250[4]

The Battle of Praga took place on October 25, 1705, near the town of Warsaw, Poland during the fifth year of the Great Northern War. The Swedish army of more than 270 men assisted by approximately 140 soldiers from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under the command of Valentin Dahldorf defeated a combined Polish–Saxon–Russian force of about 5,000 men under Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki and Aleksandr Menshikov.[2][1]

  1. ^ a b c Wimmer, Jan (1956).
  2. ^ a b c d Grimberg & Uddgren, pp. 233–236
  3. ^ Defoe, Daniel, pp. 131–132
  4. ^ According to "Wimmer, Jan (1956)" the coalition army claimed they had lost about a fourth of the Swedish–Polish losses, which they had overestimated to a number of 1,000 men.