| Skirmish at Bender | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
 The Battle of Bender, Edouard Armand-Dumaresq, 1877 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Swedish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ismail Pasha  Devlet Giray |
Charles XII (POW) Axel Sparre (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000[1]–13,000[2][3] | 700[3]–1,007[4] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200–433 killed and wounded[5] |
15–31 killed 669–992 captured[5] | ||||||
The Skirmish at Bender (Swedish: Kalabaliken i Bender; Finnish: Benderin kalabaliikki) was devised to remove Charles XII of Sweden from the Ottoman Empire after his military defeats in Russia. It took place on 1 February 1713 on Ottoman territory, in what is now the town of Bender, Moldova (separatist region/country of Transnistria).
- ^ Browning, Oscar. Charles XII of Sweden. London, Hurst & Blackett, 1899. pp. 269–281
- ^ Peter From. Kalabaliken i Bender. Karl XII:s turkiska äventyr. Historiska Media, 2009. p. 194
- ^ a b Anders Fryxell. Berättelser ur Swenska historien, Volym 16. 1856. p. 120
- ^ Peter From. Kalabaliken i Bender. Karl XII:s turkiska äventyr. Historiska Media, 2009. p. 160
- ^ a b Anders Fryxell. Berättelser ur Swenska historien, Volym 16. 1856. p. 119