Battle of Kalisz

Battle of Kalisz
Part of the Great Northern War
Augustus II in the Battle of Kalisz
Date 29 October 1706 Location Kalisz, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Poland) 51°45′27″N 18°4′48″E / 51.75750°N 18.08000°E / 51.75750; 18.08000 Result Anti-Swedish Coalition Victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Warsaw Confederation	Saxony Tsardom of Russia Sandomierz Confederation
Commanders and leaders
Arvid Axel Mardefelt  (POW) Józef Potocki  (POW)	Augustus II the Strong Alexander Danilovich Menshikov Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski
Strength
14,000:[1] 4,358 Swedes 9,000–10,000 Poles and Lithuanians 10 artillery pieces	30,000:[2] 5,000 Saxons 9,000 Russians 7,000 Poles and Lithuanians 2,500 - 9,000 Cossacks and Kalmyks 17 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
4,900:[3] 2,000 killed 2,900 captured	3,000:[3] 1,300 killed 1,600 wounded
class=notpageimage| Location within Greater Poland Voivodeship Show map of Greater Poland Voivodeship Battle of Kalisz (Poland) Show map of Poland

The Battle of Kalisz took place on 29 October 1706 in Kalisz, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Great Northern War. The battle was fought by Russian cavalry along with allied Saxon and Polish forces, led by commander Aleksandr Menshikov; against a smaller Swedish force headed by colonel Arvid Axel Mardefelt and resulted in an allied victory. By this time the Polish forces under Augustus the Strong had signed a peace treaty with the Swedes, but August had delayed informing his Russian allies, leading to the battle.