Battle of Wesenberg (1704)

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Battle of Wesenberg took place on June 26, 1704 close to Rakvere (Wesenberg) during the Great Northern War. The Swedish cavalry force of 1,400 men under the command of Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach retreated before Karl Evald von Rönnes larger force. However, the Swedes were caught at Wesenberg and after a valiant defense[1] they had been close to annihilated with only 400 managing to escape towards Reval[2] the rest was either killed or captured. The Russian losses are unknown.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Adlerfelt309
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Gordon

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