Thursday, August 09, 2007

Battles of the Great Northern War

The Raid on Archangel, 6-7 July 1701, was an unsuccessful Swedish attempt to attack the Russian port of Archangel by sea.
The Battle of Køge Bay, 4 October 1710, was an inconclusive naval battle during the Great Northern War. Two days after the battle itself the Swedish fleet captured a convoy of transport ships sailing into the bay
The Battle of Fladstrand, 11 May 1712, saw a Swedish squadron fail to defeat a smaller Danish force that was observing Gothernberg
The Battle of Femern, 24 April 1715 was a Danish naval victory over a Swedish squadron raiding in the western Baltic. Almost the entire Swedish fleet was captured by the Danes.
Action off Fladstrand, 10 April 1717, a minor naval encounter of the Great Northern War
The battle of Lake Ladoga (26 June 1702) was the first of two small boat actions that forced the Swedes to withdraw from Lake Ladoga
The battle of Lake Ladoga of 7 September 1702 was the second of two small boat actions that forced the Swedes to withdraw from Lake Ladoga
The Battle of Lake Peipus, 31 May 1702, was the first of three Russian attempts to sieze control of the lake
The Battle of Lake Peipus, 7 August 1703, was the second of two Russian attempts to gain control of the lake
The Battle of Lake Peipus, 17 May 1704, was the third Russian attempt to sieze control of the lake. It was successful, exposing Dorpat to Russian attack.
The Battle of Narva, 30 November 1700, was a major Swedish victory over a Russian army outside Narva early in the Great Northern War
The Battle of Kliszów, 19 July 1702, was an important Swedish victory early in the Great Northern War
The Battle of Fraustadt, 13 February 1706, was a major Swedish victory during the Great Northern War that brought Charles XII as close as he was ever to get to victory.
The battle of Punitz, 28 October (Swedish Style)/ 7 November NS 1704, was a minor victory for Charles XII during the Great Northern War over a Saxon army in Poland.
The battle of Holowczyn, 4 July 1708 (NS), was a Swedish victory during Charles XII’s attempted invasion of Russia in 1708. It cleared his route to the Dnieper River
The battle of Malatitze, 31 August 1708 , was a minor battle during the Swedish invasion of Russian of 1708 which saw Peter the Great attempt to pull the Swedish army out of position
The battle of Rajowka, 10 September 1708, was a minor engagement during the Swedish invasion of Russia of 1708
The battle of Lesnaja (28 September OS, 29 September Swedish Style, 9 October NS 1708) saw the defeat of a Swedish supply column that had been attempting to catch up with Charles XII’s main army during his 1708 invasion of Russia
The battle of Erastfer, 9 January 1702, was an early Russian victory over a Swedish army during the Great Northern War
The action off Lindesnaes of 26-27 June 1714 was a frigate duel between the Swedish Olbing Galley (carrying 28 guns) and the Danish Løvendals Gallej (20) during the Great Northern War
The action off Reval of 28 July 1714 was a missed opportunity for a Russian naval victory during the Great Northern War.
The battle of Gangut, 6 August 1714, (also known as Hangö or Bengstörfjärd) was a significant Russian naval victory during the Great Northern War, won by the Russian galley fleet.
The battle of Gottska Sandö, 4 June 1719, was the first naval victory won by Peter the Great’s new deep sea navy. It came in the final stage of the Great Northern War, after the death of Charles XII of Sweden

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