Battle

Battle of Rakvere

1603 military conflict in Estonia during Polish-Swedish War

The Battle of Rakvere took place on 5 March 1603 during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611).

In December, 1602, the siege of Dorpat commenced. On 5 March 1603 at Rakvere with 1,000 men Jan Chodkiewicz defeated the Swedish relief force of 2,000 and on 13 April Dorpat capitulated.

In the battle the Lithuanians lost only one soldier, and two were wounded. The Swedes lost 70 Germans mercenaries and 100 Estonian peasants.

Fetching the article from Wikipedia…

Text from the Wikipedia article “Battle of Rakvere”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Send feedback

An idea, a mistake in the history, something that doesn’t work: every message is read.

It is about

Sent with what is on this screen (above), its address and the theme. Your browser, device, languages and rough location are read from the request itself, as any website receives them. How it is kept: privacy.