Battle of Gemauerthof | |||||||
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Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
The Battle of Gemauerthof (engraving from the Johann Christoph Brotze's collection) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Swedish Empire | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt | Boris Sheremetev | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
7,000:[2] 3,000 cavalry, 17 regimental guns |
3,600 infantry, 8,000–14,000 dragoon, 2,000 irregular, 16 artillery pieces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,900:[2] 1,000 wounded |
2,000 killed, 2,000–3,000 wounded, 400 captured |
The Battle of Gemauerthof took place during the Great Northern War, fought south of Riga near Jelgava, in present-day Latvia in July 1705. The Swedish forces under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt fought a Russian army under Boris Sheremetev. The Swedes were victorious, but the victory was only symbolic. In August, the Russians conquered Courland.[4]
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