Battle of Rauge

Battle of Rauge
	Part of the Great Northern War
Date	4 September 1701 (O.S.); 5 September 1701 (Swedish calendar); 15 September 1701 (N.S,)
Location	Rauge, Swedish Livonia; (present-day Rouge, Estonia)
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach	Boris Sheremetev
Strength
2,000 men[1]	7,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
100 killed and wounded[1]	at least 2,000 killed, wounded and captured[1]

The Battle of Rauge was a battle that took place on 15 September 1701 near Rõuge, Livonia during the Great Northern War in which the Swedes defeated the numerically superior Russians.

References

1 2 3 4 Northern wars, battle of Rauge, Otto Sjöström

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