The Battle of Jakobstadt ( Swede. Slaget vid Jakobstadt ) - the battle took place on July 25 ( August 5 ) 1704 (July 26 according to the Swedish calendar) during the Northern War between the Russian-Lithuanian army under the command of the Great Hetman of the Lithuanian Prince M. Vishnevetsky and Major General B S. Korsak and the Swedish-Lithuanian corps of Lieutenant General A. L. Levengaupt and Vilnius Voivode K. Sapieha . Ended in the defeat of the Russian-Lithuanian troops.
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| Main Conflict: Great Northern War | |||
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| date of | July 25 ( August 5 ) 1704 (July 26 according to the Swedish calendar) | ||
| A place | Jakobstadt , Courland and Semigalia | ||
| Total | victory of the swedish forces | ||
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Background
In the campaign of 1704, the Russian tsar Peter I planned to capture Narva and Derpt , as well as to help his Polish-Lithuanian allies, operating in Lithuania and Courland .
The Russian auxiliary corps under the command of Major General B. S. Korsak (included the Reiters regiment of G. D. Rydvan, the regiment of local dragoons of Colonel S. I. Stankevich and the regiment of Smolensk gentry) received the order of Peter I to advance from Smolensk to Lithuania to join the hetman M. Vishnevetsky. Field Marshal B.P. Sheremetev singled out in support of Korsak from the Big Regiment the dragoon regiment G. A. Sukhotin. In addition, the composition of the Lithuanian army of M. Vishnevetsky already included two Russian Streltsy regiments (Yuri Nechaev and Mikhail Protopopov).
On June 19, 1704, a detachment of Swedes and supporters K. Sapieha captured Druja , defeating five Lithuanian banners of dragoons and reytar and capturing their commander Karp Chrysostom.
On June 22, General B. S. Korsak received a letter reprimanded from Peter for his delay in speaking on the campaign. This letter had its effect: already on July 3, Korsak’s detachment connected in Polotsk with the Dragoon regiment of Sukhotin and continued the campaign in Kurland.
Meanwhile, the Lithuanian army of M. Vishnevetsky, not waiting for the Russian detachment of B.S. Korsak, besieged the fortress of Selburg . Upon learning of this, the Swedish general A. L. Levengaupt joined forces with the Lithuanians of the Vilnius governor Casimir Sapieha and marched against Vishnevetsky, who lifted the siege and retreated to Jakobstadt .
On July 25 ( August 5 ), 1704, a detachment of B. S. Korsak approached the Lithuanians M. Vishnevetsky near Yakobstadt; on the same day, the Swedes of A. L. Levengaupt and the Lithuanians K. Sapieha overtook the allies and imposed a battle on them.
Battle Progress
The battle turned out to be fierce, but fleeting. The first attacks of the Lithuanians by Sapieha by the allied Russian-Lithuanian army were repelled. However, when the Swedes entered into business, the Allies failed to repulse their onslaught and pressure. The battle ended with the flight of Russians and Lithuanians allied to them.
Losses
The losses of the Lithuanian-Russian allies amounted to about 2,300 killed, 517 prisoners (of which 287 were Russian), 23 guns and a convoy of 2,000 carts, as well as 37 banners and 4 standards.
The losses of the Swedish-Lithuanian army amounted to 238 killed (of which only 57 Swedes). 181 Swedes were also injured.
Summary
After the defeat, the Russian detachment of B. S. Korsak retreated to Druya .
On August 19 (30), 1704, an agreement was signed in Narva on the joint actions of the Russian Tsar Peter I and the Saxon Elector and Polish King Augustus II against the Swedes.
On August 20, General A. I. Repnin received orders to move from under Narva to Lithuania with 6 infantry and 6 dragoon regiments.
On November 1 (12), 1704, in the battle of Shkudy, the Lithuanian-Russian army under the command of the Lithuanian hetman M. Vishnevetsky and the Russian Colonel G.K.Flug defeated the Lithuanians J.K. Sapieha .
See also
- Civil war in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1696–1702)
Literature
- Volynsky N.P. The gradual development of the Russian regular cavalry in the era of Great Peter with the most detailed description of its participation in the Great Northern War. Vol. 1. Prince 2. St. Petersburg, 1912. SS. 1-7.
- Velikanov V.S. “Jacobstad Confusion”: B.S. Russian Corps Korsaka in the battle of Jacobstadt on August 5, 1704 // Military-historical journal "Old Tseikhgauz". No. 55 (5/2013). M. 2013.S. 80-87.