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Battle of Valkininkai (1706)

Battle of Valkininkai
Part of the Great Northern War
DateFebruary 23, 1706 (O.S.)
February 24, 1706 (Swedish calendar)
March 6, 1706 (N.S.)
Location
Valkininkai, close to Vilnius, Lithuania
54°22′N 24°50′E / 54.367°N 24.833°E / 54.367; 24.833
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden Swedish Empire Russia Tsardom of Russia
 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Commanders and leaders
Sweden Carl Gustaf Dücker
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Józef Potocki
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Elder		 Russia Christian Felix Bauer
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński
Strength
1,000 Swedes[1]
Several thousand Poles and Lithuanians		 1,600 Russians[2]
3,000 Poles and Lithuanians[1]
Casualties and losses
60 wounded, unknown number of killed[1] 50 killed and 100 wounded Russians[2]
70 killed and 70 wounded Poles and Lithuanians[3]

The Battle of Valkininkai took place at 6 March 1706 close to the town of Valkininkai in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the Great Northern War.

  1. ^ a b c Ett kort dock tydeligit utdrag utur then öfwer konung Carl den Tolftes lefwerne och konglida dater, Jöran Andersson Nordberg (1745). p. 477
  2. ^ a b Giov. van Ghelen. Avvisi italiani, ordinarii e straordinarii, Volume 23. Paragraph, MIETAVIA 15. Marze
  3. ^ Giov. van Ghelen. Avvisi italiani, ordinarii e straordinarii, Volume 23. Paragraph, OLKIENIKI

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