Battle of Grodno (1706)
| Battle of Grodno | |||||||
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| Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
Grodno and its fortifications on a 1706 plan | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Swedish Empire | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Charles XII |
Georg Benedict Ogilvy Augustus II the Strong Anikita Repnin Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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34,000: 10,000 Polish |
41,000: 5,000 Saxon | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3,000: |
15,000–17,000: 7,000–9,000 during the retreat, the majority due to starvation, sickness and exhaustion | ||||||
The Battle of Grodno (1706) refers to the battle during the Great Northern War. Grodno was a city of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at this time.