Battle of Gemauerthof

Battle of Gemauerthof
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; The Battle of Gemauerthof (engraving from the Johann Christoph Brotze's collection)
Date	July 15, 1705 (O.S.); July 16, 1705 (Swedish calendar); July 26, 1705 (N.S.)
Location	Gemauerthof, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, (now Mūrmuiža, Vilce Parish, Jelgava Municipality, Latvia)
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt	Boris Sheremetev
Strength
7,000:; 4,000 infantry,; 3,000 cavalry,; 17 regimental guns	13,000 or 20,000:; 3,600 infantry,; 8,000–14,000 dragoon,; 2,000 irregular,; 16 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
1,900:; 900 killed,; 1,000 wounded	5,000:; 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.

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