Battle of Rajovka

Battle of Rajovka
Part of the Swedish invasion of Russia
DateSeptember 9, 1708 (O.S.)
September 10, 1708 (Swedish calendar)
September 20, 1708 (N.S.)
Location
Rajovka, Smolensk Oblast
Result Swedish victory[1]
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Charles XII of Sweden Christian Felix Bauer
Strength
2,400 cavalry[2] 8,000–10,000 dragoons
1,000 Cossacks and Kalmyks[3]
Casualties and losses
100 killed[4] 375 killed[5]

The Battle of Rajovka took place on September 20, 1708 near Rajovka during the Swedish invasion of Russia in the Great Northern War. The Swedish army of about 2,400 men under the command of Charles XII defeated the Russian army of 10,000 men under Christian Felix Bauer after a fierce cavalry skirmish where the king himself was in great danger.

  1. ^ Bennedich, Carl. Karolinska förbundets årsbok 1911: Karl XII:s krigföring 1707–1709 och krigsskådeplatsens natur och kultur, I. (1912) Lund, Karolinska förbundet. p 102. OCLC 936696934
  2. ^ Bengt Liljegren, Karl XII: En biografi. (2000) Lund, Historiska media. pp 159. ISBN 91-85377-14-7
  3. ^ Dorrell, Nicholas. The Dawn of the Tsarist Empire: Poltava & the Russian Campaigns of 1708—1709, Partizan Press (2009). pp 98, 101
  4. ^ 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. 272
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