Battle of Systerbäck
Battle in the Great Northern War
| Battle of Systerbäck | |||||||
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| Part of Great Northern War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Swedish Empire |  Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Abraham Cronhjort | Boris Sheremetev Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000 men | 25,000 men of which 7,000–8,000 engaged | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 390 killed and wounded[1] | 150 killed and wounded[2] | ||||||
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Great Northern War
- Denmark and Holstein-Gottorp (1700)
- 1st Tönning
- Reinbek
- Humlebæk
- Swedish Baltic dominions
- 1st Riga
- Varja
- 1st Narva
- Düna
- Rauge
- Erastfer
- Hummelshof
- Nöteborg
- Systerbäck
- Wesenberg
- 2nd Narva
- Neva
- Koporye
- Kolkanpää
- 2nd Riga
- Courland and Western Lithuania
- Tryškiai
- Darsūniškis
- Vilnius
- Saločiai
- Jakobstadt
- Palanga
- Gemauerthof
- 1st Grodno
- Valkininkai
- Kletsk
- 2nd Grodno
- Poland and Saxony
- Kliszów
- Pułtusk
- Thorn
- Poznań
- Lemberg
- Poniec
- Warsaw
- Praga
- Fraustadt
- Rosenhain
- Frauenwald
- Kalisz
- Koniecpol
- Russia and Eastern Lithuania
- Petschora
- Holowczyn
- Malatitze
- Rajovka
- Lesnaya
- Desna
- Baturyn
- Veprik
- Oposhnya
- Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye
- Sokolki
- Poltava
- Perevolochna
- Sweden proper (including Finland)
- Helsingborg
- (2nd Viborg
- Helsinki
- Pälkäne
- Napue)
- Gothenburg
- Göte Älv
- Strömstad
- Marstrand
- Stäket
- Moldavia
- Swedish German dominions
- Mecklenburg and Holstein-Gottorp
- Naval battles
- Køge Bay
- Fladstrand
- Hogland
- Gangut
- Fehmarn
- Rügen
- Ösel
- Grengam
- Treaties
The Battle of Systerbäck took place on July 19, 1703 near the Sestra River during the Great Northern War. The Swedish army under the command of Abraham Cronhjort had to pull back to escape encirclement of the much larger Russian force under Boris Sheremetev. The two sides estimated their losses to 390 Swedish dead and wounded and 150 Russians dead and wounded.[1]
References
- ^ a b Christian Kelch: Die Liefländische Geschichte von 1690–1707, Hrsg. Schnakenburg, Dorpat 1875. pp 338
- ^ Alexander Sharimow :Предыстория Санкт-Петербурга. 1703 год. pp. 686 (Что происходило на Неве и вокруг нее в июле 1703-го)
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