Battle of Jakobstadt

Battle of Jakobstadt
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; The Battle of Jakobstadt (engraving from the Johann Christoph Brotze's collection)
Date	25 July 1704 (O.S.); 26 July 1704 (Swedish calendar); 5 August 1704 (N.S.)
Location	Jakobstadt, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, (present day Jēkabpils, Latvia)
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt; Krzysztof Zawisza	Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki; Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński
Strength
5,000:; 3,000 Swedish; 2,000 Lithuanian	15,000:; 10,000 Polish; 5,000 Russian
Casualties and losses
420:; 238 killed ; 181 wounded	3,000:; 2,300 killed; 517 captured

The Battle of Jakobstadt (Lithuanian: Jėkabpilio mūšis, Latvian: Kauja pie Jēkabpils, Swedish: Slaget vid Jakobstadt, Polish: Krzyżbork) was fought in the Great Northern War. It took place on 25 July 1704 (O.S.) / 26 July 1704 (Swedish calendar) / 5 August 1704 (N.S.) between a Swedish army under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt and a combined Polish/Russian force under Great Hetman Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki at the town of Jēkabpils (German: Jakobstadt) in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. The Swedes were victorious.

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