Battle of Saladen

Battle of Saladen, 1703

Date	18 March 1703 (O.S.) 19 March 1703 (Swedish calendar) 29 March 1703 (N.S.)
Location	Šakarniai, near Saločiai (now Lithuania) 56°14′55″N 24°21′42″E / 56.24861°N 24.36167°E / 56.24861; 24.36167Coordinates: 56°14′55″N 24°21′42″E / 56.24861°N 24.36167°E / 56.24861; 24.36167
Result	Swedish victory

Belligerents

Swedish Empire

Poland–Lithuania

Tsardom of Russia

Commanders and leaders

Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt

Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński

Strength

1,100 men^[1]

6,000 men^[2]^[3]^[1]

Casualties and losses

40 killed
125 wounded
2 missing^[2]

around 1,500 killed^[4]
some 45 standards and
1,058 banners^[3]

Great Northern War

Campaigns

Denmark Russia and the Baltic provinces Poland-Lithuania/Saxony Ottoman Empire Sweden and Northern Germany Norway Finland

Battles

1st Riga 1st Tönning Humlebæk Varja 1st Narva Petschora Düna Rauge Erastfer Darsūniškis Vilnius Kliszów Hummelshof Nöteborg Saladen Pultusk Systerbäck Wesenberg Thorn Jakobstadt Posen 2nd Narva Punitz Gemauerthof Warsaw Praga 1st Grodno Fraustadt Olkieniki Kletsk Kalisz 2nd Grodno Holowczyn Neva Malatitze Rajovka Koporye Lesnaya Kolkanpää Desna Koniecpol Veprik Oposhnya Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye Sokolki Poltava Perevolochna 2nd Riga 2nd Vyborg Pruth Campaign Helsingborg Køge Bay Wismar Gadebusch 2nd Tönning Bender Finland Battle of Fladstrand Hogland Pälkäne Storkyro Gangut Stralsund Fehmarn Rügen Stresow Dynekilen Göteborg Strömstad Fredriksten Carolean Death March Ösel Stäket Grengam

Treaties

Charles XII invasion of Poland

Düna Darsūniškis Vilnius Kliszów Saladen Pultusk Thorn Jakobstadt Posen Punitz Gemauerthof Warsaw Praga Grodno Fraustadt Olkieniki Kletsk Kalisz

The Battle of Saladen was a battle that took place on 19 March 1703 near Saločiai, Lithuania during the Great Northern War. The Swedes won the battle.

References

1 2 "Caleb de Frumeries berättelse om expeditionen till Litauen 1703 och slaget vid Saladen". Members.tripod.com. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20131204224024/http://www.lewenhaupt.com/start/default.asp?ItemID=105. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
1 2 The military history of Charles XII, King of Sweden. Gustavus Adlerfeld, Carl Maximilian Emanuel Adlerfelt. p.208
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131204224024/http://www.lewenhaupt.com/start/default.asp?ItemID=105. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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