Siege of Riga (1700)
| Siege of Riga (1700) | |||||||
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| Part of Great Northern War | |||||||
 Siege of Riga, by Johan Lithen | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Swedish Empire |
 Saxony | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Erik Dahlbergh |
Augustus II the Strong | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000 men | 18,000 men | ||||||
The sieges of Riga were two sieges which took place on February 22 and June 15, 1700, in
Erik Dahlberg successfully repulsed the Saxons until the main Swedish army under Charles XII of Sweden arrived to sweep the Saxons away in the battle of Riga
which ended the period of sieges for the year.
The successful attempt to take the city from Sweden was made in the siege of Riga (1710) by the Russians under Peter the Great.
References
- ISBN 978-1-85109-667-1
- Anders Fryxell: Lebensgeschichte Karl's des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden. Band 1, Zweiter Abschnitt, 16. Kapitel, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, Braunschweig 1861.
- Hochspringen ↑ Heinz von Zur Mühlen: Baltisches historisches Ortslexikon, Band 2, Köln 1990, S. 132.
- Hochspringen ↑ Knut Lundblad, Georg Friedrich Jenssen-Tusch: Geschichte Karl des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden, Band 1, Hamburg 1835, S. 41–55.
- Olle Larsson, Stormaktens sista krig (2009) Lund, Historiska Media. Sida 86. ISBN 978-91-85873-59-3