Battle of Narva (1700)

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The Battle of Narva (1700) was an early Great Northern War clash in which outnumbered Swedish forces under Charles XII decisively defeated the Russian army near the city of Narva.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
aftermath Russian army suffered collapse of lines and rout ⓘ
Swedes captured large quantities of Russian artillery ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Narva ⓘ
belligerent Sweden ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
casualtiesRussia heavy casualties ⓘ
large number of prisoners ⓘ
casualtiesSweden relatively light casualties ⓘ
category Battles involving Russia ⓘ
Battles involving Sweden ⓘ
Battles of the Great Northern War ⓘ
combatantCommanderRussia Charles Eugène de Croÿ ⓘ
combatantCommanderSweden Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
commander Charles Eugène de Croÿ ⓘ
Charles XII ⓘ
Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
Charles XII, King of Sweden ⓘ
Peter I of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Peter the Great

Peter the Great ⓘ
conflict Great Northern War ⓘ
countryAtTimeLocation Swedish Empire ⓘ
date 30 November 1700 ⓘ
dateOldStyle 19 November 1700 ⓘ
followedBy continued Swedish offensive into Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
hasChronologyPosition one of the first major battles of the Great Northern War ⓘ
involvedMonarch Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
Peter I of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Peter the Great
location Baltic region ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Narva ⓘ
modernCountryLocation Estonia ⓘ
near Narva River ⓘ
notableAspect outnumbered Swedish army defeated larger Russian force ⓘ
opponentForceCharacteristic Russian army was in process of modernization ⓘ
partOf Great Northern War ⓘ
partOfCampaign early Swedish counteroffensive in Great Northern War ⓘ
precededBy Russian invasion of Swedish Estonia ⓘ
result Swedish victory ⓘ
siegeContext Russians were besieging Narva ⓘ
strategicSignificance early demonstration of Swedish military effectiveness in Great Northern War ⓘ
temporarily halted Russian advance in the Baltic ⓘ
strengthRussia about 30,000–40,000 soldiers ⓘ
strengthSweden about 8,000–12,000 soldiers ⓘ
tacticalOutcome decisive Swedish victory ⓘ
tactics Swedish surprise attack through snowstorm ⓘ
weatherConditions fought during a snowstorm ⓘ
year 1700 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Northern War → significantBattle → Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
Charles XII of Sweden → battle → Battle of Narva ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Narva (1700)
Battle of Narva (1700) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Narva ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Narva (1700)
Siege of Riga (1700) → followedBy → Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
Siege of Narva (1704) → followed → Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
Siege of Narva (1704) → isRevengeFor → Russian defeat at Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Narva (1700)
Charles XII of Sweden → conflict → Battle of Narva ⓘ
subject linked to: Carolus Rex
linked to: Battle of Narva (1700)
Treaty of Travendal → relatedEvent → Battle of Narva ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Narva (1700)
Narva → siteOf → Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
Battle of Klissow → precededBy → Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
P 4 → honours → Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
Narva Castle → significantEvent → Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
Battle of Narva (1918) → isDifferentFrom → Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
Battle of Narva → hasAlternativeName → First Battle of Narva ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Narva (1700)