Battle of Jakobstadt

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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:[1] 3,000 Swedish 2,000 Lithuanian	15,000:[1] 10,000 Polish 5,000 Russian
Casualties and losses
420:[2] 238 killed 181 wounded	3,000:[3] 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.^[4][1]