Battle_of_Hummelshof Knowpia

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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^ Sundberg (2010). Sveriges krig 1630-1814. p. 222.
^ ^a ^b ^c Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c Gordon A. The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: To which is Prefixed a Short General History of the Country from the Rise of that Monarchy: and an Account of the Author's Life, Volume 1. Aberdeen. 1755. pp. 165–168
^ Boris Grigorjev & Aleksandr Bespalov (2012). Kampen mot övermakten. Baltikums fall 1700–1710. p. 111.

57°47′00″N 26°02′00″E / 57.7833°N 26.0333°E / 57.7833; 26.0333

[Sveriges_krig_1630-1814-1] Sundberg (2010). Sveriges krig 1630-1814. p. 222.

[NorthernWars-2] Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström^{[dead link]}

[Gordon-3] Gordon A. The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: To which is Prefixed a Short General History of the Country from the Rise of that Monarchy: and an Account of the Author's Life, Volume 1. Aberdeen. 1755. pp. 165–168

[Boris-4] Boris Grigorjev & Aleksandr Bespalov (2012). Kampen mot övermakten. Baltikums fall 1700–1710. p. 111.

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