Battle of Fraustadt

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The Battle of Fraustadt was a major 1706 engagement of the Great Northern War in which a smaller Swedish force decisively defeated a much larger Saxon-Russian army, showcasing Sweden’s military prowess at its imperial height.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Fraustadt canonical 9
Battle of Fraustadt (1706) 2
Bitwa pod Fraustadt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bitwa pod Wschową ⓘ
Schlacht bei Fraustadt ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Fraustadt
associatedRulerSweden Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
belligerent Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Saxon side) ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
campaign Charles XII’s Polish campaign ⓘ
capturedGunsBySwedes about 30–40 artillery pieces ⓘ
capturedStandardsBySwedes over 50 standards and colours ⓘ
casualtiesAllied over 7,000 killed and wounded ⓘ
casualtiesSwedish about 400–1,000 killed and wounded ⓘ
commander Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld ⓘ
Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy ⓘ
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg ⓘ
commanderSideRussia Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy ⓘ
commanderSideSaxony Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg ⓘ
commanderSideSweden Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld ⓘ
commemoratedBy monuments in Wschowa, Poland ⓘ
conflict Great Northern War ⓘ
countryAtTime Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 1706-02-13 ⓘ
followedBy Swedish invasion of Saxony (1706) ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered one of Sweden’s most brilliant tactical victories ⓘ
showcased Swedish Carolean infantry and cavalry effectiveness ⓘ
location Fraustadt ⓘ
Fraustadt, Silesia ⓘ
linked to: Fraustadt

present-day Wschowa, Poland ⓘ
notableFeature decisive victory of smaller Swedish force over larger Saxon-Russian army ⓘ
heavy losses and executions among captured Russian troops ⓘ
notableTactic double envelopment ⓘ
feigned retreat on one flank ⓘ
partOf Great Northern War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Warsaw (1705) ⓘ
prisonersTakenBySwedes about 7,000–8,000 prisoners ⓘ
result Swedish victory ⓘ
season winter ⓘ
strategicConsequence crippled Saxon field army ⓘ
strengthened Sweden’s position in Poland ⓘ
strengthAllied approximately 18,000–20,000 men ⓘ
strengthSwedish approximately 10,000–10,500 men ⓘ
terrain open, snow-covered fields ⓘ
theater Polish theater of the Great Northern War ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
year 1706 ⓘ

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

Great Northern War → significantBattle → Battle of Fraustadt ⓘ
Charles XII of Sweden → battle → Battle of Fraustadt ⓘ
Battle of Fraustadt → alsoKnownAs → Schlacht bei Fraustadt ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Fraustadt
Swedish invasion of Saxony (1706) → hasBattle → Battle of Fraustadt ⓘ
Adam Heinrich von Steinau → participatedIn → Battle of Fraustadt ⓘ
Battle of Klissow → followedBy → Battle of Fraustadt (1706) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Fraustadt
Bitwa pod Wschową → nazwaAlternatywna → Bitwa pod Fraustadt ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Fraustadt
Fraustadt → siteOf → Battle of Fraustadt ⓘ
Fraustadt → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Fraustadt ⓘ
P 4 → honours → Battle of Fraustadt (1706) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Fraustadt