Siege of Riga (1700)

The Sieges of Riga were two sieges which took place on February 22 and June 15, 1700 in Riga[1]:687 during the Great Northern War. The Swedish garrison of about 4,000 men under the command of Erik Dahlberg successfully repulsed the Saxons until the main Swedish army under Charles XII of Sweden arrived to sweep the Saxons away in the battle of Riga which ended the period of sieges for the year.

Siege of Riga (1700)
Part of Great Northern War

Saxon blockade of Riga
DateFebruary 11, 1700 (O.S.)
February 12, 1700 (Swedish calendar)
February 22, 1700 (N.S.)
Location
Riga, Swedish Livonia (present-day Latvia)
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire  Saxony
Commanders and leaders
Erik Dahlbergh Augustus II the Strong
Strength
4,000 men 18,000 men

The successful attempt to take the city from Sweden was made in the siege of Riga (1710) by the Russians under Peter the Great.

References
  1. Tucker, S.C., 2010, A Global Chronology of Conflict, Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, ISBN 9781851096671
  • Anders Fryxell: Lebensgeschichte Karl's des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden. Band 1, Zweiter Abschnitt, 16. Kapitel, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, Braunschweig 1861.
  • Hochspringen ↑ Heinz von Zur Mühlen: Baltisches historisches Ortslexikon, Band 2, Köln 1990, S. 132.
  • Hochspringen ↑ Knut Lundblad, Georg Friedrich Jenssen-Tusch: Geschichte Karl des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden, Band 1, Hamburg 1835, S. 41–55.
  • Olle Larsson, Stormaktens sista krig (2009) Lund, Historiska Media. Sida 86. ISBN 978-91-85873-59-3

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