Battle of Hummelshof

Battle of Hummelshof
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; Anonymous copperplate of the battle (1733)
Date	July 18, 1702 (O.S.); July 19, 1702 (Swedish calendar); July 29, 1702 (N.S.)
Location	Hummelshof, Swedish Livonia; (present-day Hummuli, Estonia)
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach	Boris Sheremetev
Strength
6,000 men; 17 artillery pieces	20,000–23,969 men; 24 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed and over 1,000 wounded and captured	1,000–4,000 killed and wounded

Battle of Hummelshof took place on July 19, 1702 (O.S.) near the small town Hummelshof in Swedish Livonia (present-day Estonia). It was the second significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War in which a Russian army under Boris Sheremetev attacked a much smaller force under Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach and defeated it after experiencing similar casualties to the Swedes. This was a final blow to the Swedish force defending Livonia and the defeat left it fully open to Russian attacks.

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