Battle of Klissow

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The Battle of Klissow was a major engagement of the Great Northern War in 1702, in which the Swedish army under Charles XII defeated a larger Polish-Saxon force near the village of Kliszów in present-day Poland.

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Battle of Klissow canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
campaign Charles XII’s Polish campaign ⓘ
combatType pitched battle ⓘ
commander Adam Heinrich von Steinau ⓘ
Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski ⓘ
conflict Great Northern War ⓘ
countryAtTime Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 1702-07-19 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Fraustadt (1706) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Fraustadt

Battle of Pułtusk (1703) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Pultusk
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
location Kliszów ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
notableEvent capture of most Saxon artillery by Swedish forces ⓘ
notableUnit Saxon infantry ⓘ
Swedish cavalry ⓘ
partOf Great Northern War ⓘ
PolishKing Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
Battle of Riga (1700) ⓘ
primaryOpponents Swedish Empire vs Saxony–Poland alliance ⓘ
result Swedish victory ⓘ
SaxonElector Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
SaxonPolishArtilleryPieces 46 ⓘ
SaxonPolishCasualties several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
SaxonPolishCommander Adam Heinrich von Steinau ⓘ
Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski ⓘ
SaxonPolishPrisoners about 1,000 captured ⓘ
SaxonPolishStrength about 24,000 soldiers ⓘ
strategicConsequence facilitated Swedish influence in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
strengthened Swedish position in Poland ⓘ
weakened Augustus II the Strong’s control over the Polish throne ⓘ
SwedishArtilleryPieces 4 ⓘ
SwedishCasualties about 300 killed and wounded ⓘ
SwedishCommander Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
SwedishMonarchInCommand Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
SwedishStrength about 12,000 soldiers ⓘ
SwedishTacticalAdvantage outmaneuvered larger enemy force ⓘ
terrain open fields near the village of Kliszów ⓘ
theatre Polish theatre of the Great Northern War ⓘ
year 1702 ⓘ

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Battle of Kliszów → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Klissow ⓘ