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[2] [4] The number of men in Potyomkin's corps has been put to 700–800 men by some, [5] [4] but this claim has been doubted by other historians. [1] The Swedes successfully repulsed both the first and second Russian attacks, and the Russians were forced to retreat, who were pursued by the Swedish cavalry. [1] [3]
The battle of Aa (Swedish: Slaget vid Aa; Russian: Битва на Аа) occurred on 2 August 1656 during the early stages of the Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658. Swedish forces under command Generalmajor Streiff faced 1,200–3,500 Russian troops under stolnik Semyon Izmailov. It is impossible to establish how the battle ended, because the ...
The Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658, known as the War of Rupture, was fought by Russia and Sweden as a theater of the Second Northern War. It took place during a pause in the contemporary Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) as a consequence of the Truce of Vilna .
Svenska Lejonet (40/52), 1656. Captured by Denmark 1677 and renamed Svenske Løve. Wismar (58), c. 1694. Merkurius (68), 1672. Captured by the Dutch Republic 1677. Neptunus (44), c. 1673. Captured by Denmark 1676. (Sankt) Hieronymus (70), bought 1675. Captured by the Dutch Republic and given to Denmark, 1677. Wrangels Palats (44), hired 1675 ...
Already in May 1656, Alexis of Russia had declared war on Sweden, taking advantage of Charles being tied up in Poland, and Livonia, Estonia and Ingria secured only by a Livonian army of 2,200 infantry and 400 dragoons, Magnus de la Gardie's 7,000 men in Prussia, and 6,933 men dispersed in garrisons along the Eastern Baltic coast.
Khovansky advanced towards the city with 1,650, [2] 1,900, [1] or 4,000 men. [2] However, Solntsev and his Novgorod soldiers refused to join the offensive, instead going back towards Jama . In late March, Khovansky reached Narva, and sent his Don cossacks and four companies of cavalry to ravage the countryside between Narva and Reval , also to ...
The Swedish forces won the battle, [1] and according to their sources they defeated an army of 8,000 men, 32 standards, banners and other field declarations had been captured in the battle and 1,500 Russians were dead or wounded along with their commander Matvey Sheremetyev, who later died in captivity. [4]
New Sweden was a Swedish colony founded by Peter Minuit in 1638 along the Delaware River. The colony, centered on Fort Christina , thrived for a number of years under the administration of Johan Printz , attracting Swedish and Finnish settlers who engaged in farming and fur trading with the Lenape and Susquehannock .