Crossing of the Düna

Crossing of the Düna
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; Crossing of the Düna 1701 by Daniel Stawert
Date	July 8, 1701 (O.S.); July 9, 1701 (Swedish calendar); July 19, 1701 (N.S.)
Location	Riga, Swedish Livonia; (present-day Latvia)
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Saxony; Duchy of Courland; Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Charles XII	Adam Heinrich von Steinau; Otto Arnold von Paykull; Ferdinand Kettler; Anikita Repnin
Strength
14,000 men:; of which 7,000 engaged	29,000 men:; of which 13,000 engaged
Casualties and losses
100 dead,; 400 wounded	1,300 dead and wounded,; 700 captured

The Crossing of the Düna (also known as Battle of Daugava or Battle of Spilves) took place during the Great Northern War on July 19, 1701 near the city of Riga, present-day Latvia. The Swedish king Charles XII was in hot pursuit of king Augustus II the Strong of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Saxony. The crossing was easily made, and the coalition troops were quickly broken and retreated.

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