Battle of Grodno (1706)

Battle of Grodno
Part of the Great Northern War

Grodno and its fortifications on a 1706 plan
Date15 January 1706 (O.S.)
16 January 1706 (Swedish calendar)
26 January — 10 April 1706 (N.S.)
Location
Grodno, present-day Belarus
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Charles XII Georg Benedict Ogilvy
Augustus II the Strong
Anikita Repnin
Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov
Strength

34,000:

24,000 Swedish
10,000 Polish

41,000:

36,000 Russian
5,000 Saxon
Casualties and losses

3,000:

of which only 100 killed in actual combat, the majority perished due to frostbite and exhaustion

15,000–17,000:

8,000 during the blockade
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.