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==Battles of Charles XII== {|style="font-size:100%; margin:1em auto 1em auto" |width="130" valign="top" align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} {{Clear}}[[Denmark–Norway]] |width="130" valign="top" align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} {{Clear}}[[Tsardom of Russia]] |width="130" valign="top" align="center"|{{flagdeco|Electorate of Saxony}} {{Clear}}[[Electorate of Saxony]] |width="130" valign="top" align="center"|{{flagicon image|Polish Royal Banner of The House of Wettin.svg}} {{Clear}}[[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] |width="130" valign="top" align="center"|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}} {{Clear}}[[Cossack Hetmanate]] |width="130" valign="top" align="center"|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kalmyk Khanate.svg}} {{clear}}[[Kalmyk Khanate]] |width="130" valign="top" align="center"|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg}} {{Clear}}[[Ottoman Empire]] |width="130" valign="top" align="center"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Prussia|1701}} {{Clear}}[[Kingdom of Prussia]] |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:100%; margin:1em auto 1em auto" |+ |- !width="auto" class="unsortable"|№ !width="auto"|Date !width="80"|Action !width="auto"|Type{{efn|In this table, the following criteria applies: "Landing" refers to a contested amphibious operation; "skirmish" refers to a limited engagement, either by parts of an army or a smaller force, with minor strategic impact or losses; "battle" refers to a larger engagement in which one or both sides fights in battle-formation to defeat the other army, with considerable strategic impact or losses; "siege" refers to a contested fortification or larger settlement, where any attempts to storm were indecisive; "assault" refers to a contested or uncontested fortification or larger settlement, where an assault played the decisive role; "blockade" refers to an attacker's attempt to starve out the garrison of a fortification or larger settlement; "operation" refers to a pre-planned military operation to seize a larger area of strategic value, in which several minor engagements are fought.}} !width="auto"|Location{{efn|Contemporary location written at the top; present-day location written inside parentheses.}} !width="auto" class="unsortable"|Warring !width="auto"|Opponent/s !width="auto"|Outcome |- | |- ! colspan="8" |{{Hidden sort key|zz}}Danish–Holstein War of 1700 |- |1. |{{dts|1700|8|4|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Landing at Humlebæk|Humlebæk]] |[[Amphibious warfare|Landing]] |{{sort|Denmark|[[Denmark–Norway]]<br>([[Denmark]])}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Rostgaard|[[Jens Rostgaard]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- ! colspan="8" |{{Hidden sort key|zy}}Baltic campaigns of 1700–1701 |- |2. |{{dts|1700|11|27|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |{{ill|Gefecht am Pühhajoggi-Pass|de|lt=Pyhajoggi}} |[[Skirmisher|Skirmish]] |{{sort|Estonia|[[Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721)|Swedish Estonia]]<br>([[Estonia]])}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} |{{sort|Sheremetev|[[Boris Sheremetev]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |3. |{{dts|1700|11|30|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Narva (1700)|Narva]] |[[Pitched battle|Battle]] |{{sort|Estonia|Swedish Estonia<br>(Estonia)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} |{{sort|Croÿ|[[Charles Eugène de Croÿ|Charles de Croÿ]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |4. |{{dts|1701|7|19|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Crossing of the Düna|Düna]] |Battle |{{sort|Latvia|[[Swedish Livonia]]<br>([[Latvia]])}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}}<br>{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} |{{sort|Steinau Repnin|[[Adam Heinrich von Steinau|Adam von Steinau]]<br>[[Anikita Repnin]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- ! colspan="8" |{{Hidden sort key|zx}}[[Swedish invasion of Poland (1701–1706)|Polish–Lithuanian campaigns of 1701–1706]] |- |5. |{{dts|1701|11|15|abbr=on|format=d}}–16 Nov 1701 |[[Battle of Tryškiai|Tryszki]] |Skirmish |{{sort|Lithuania|[[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Duchy of Lithuania]]<br>([[Lithuania]])}} |align="center"|{{flagicon image|Polish Royal Banner of The House of Wettin.svg}} |{{sort|Ogiński|[[Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński|Grzegorz Ogiński]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |6. |{{dts|1702|7|19|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Kliszów|Kliszów]] |Battle |{{sort|Poland|[[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]]<br>([[Poland]])}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}}<br>{{flagicon image|Polish Royal Banner of The House of Wettin.svg}} |{{sort|Augustus Steinau Lubomirski|[[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus II]]<br>Adam von Steinau<br>[[Hieronim Augustyn Lubomirski|Hieronim Lubomirski]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |7. |{{dts|1703|5|1|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Pułtusk (1703)|Pułtusk]] |Battle |{{sort|Poland|Kingdom of Poland<br>(Poland)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} |{{sort|Steinau|Adam von Steinau}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |8. |{{dts|1703|5|26|abbr=on|format=dm}} – 14 October 1703 |[[Siege of Thorn (1703)|Thorn]] |[[Siege]] |{{sort|Poland|Kingdom of Poland<br>(Poland)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} |{{sort|Kanitz|{{ill|Christoph Heinrich von Kanitz|de|lt=Christoph von Kanitz}}}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |9. |{{dts|1704|9|6|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Storming of Lemberg|Lemberg]] |Assault |{{sort|Ukraine|Kingdom of Poland<br>([[Ukraine]])}} |align="center"|{{flagicon image|Polish Royal Banner of The House of Wettin.svg}}{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} |{{sort|Gałecki|{{ill|Franciszek Zygmunt Gałecki|pl|lt=Franciszek Gałecki}}}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |10. |{{dts|1704|11|7|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Poniec|Poniec]] |Battle |{{sort|Poland|Kingdom of Poland<br>(Poland)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} |{{sort|Schulenburg|[[Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg|Johann von Schulenburg]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |11. |{{dts|1704|11|9|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |{{ill|Slaget vid Oderbeltsch|sv|lt=Oderbeltz}} |Battle |{{sort|Poland|[[Lower Silesia]]<br>(Poland)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}} |{{sort|x|[[Danylo Apostol]]<ref name=Velikanov>{{cite book |last=Velikanov |first=Vladimir S. |lang=ru |script-title=ru:Русский вспомогательный корпус на Польско-Саксонской службе в 1704-1707 и сражение при Фрауштадте |trans-title=The Russian Auxiliary Corps in Polish-Saxon service in 1704-1707 and the Battle of Fraustadt |place=Moscow |publisher=Русские витязи |others=[[Russian Academy of Sciences]]: ''Ratnoe delo'' |isbn=978-5-6040158-5-8 |date=2018 |page=42 }}</ref>}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |12. |{{dts|1706|1|26|abbr=on|format=dm}} – 10 April 1706 |[[Battle of Grodno (1706)|Grodno]] |[[Blockade]] |{{sort|Belarus|Duchy of Lithuania<br>([[Belarus]])}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} |{{sort|Ogilvy|{{ill|Огильви, Георг Бенедикт|ru|lt=Georg Ogilvy}}}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- ! colspan="8" |{{Hidden sort key|zw}}[[Swedish invasion of Russia|Russian invasion of 1708–1709]] |- |13. |{{dts|1708|2|6|abbr=on|format=d}}–7 Feb 1708 |[[Battle of Grodno (1708)|Grodno]] |Skirmish |{{sort|Belarus|Duchy of Lithuania<br>(Belarus)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} |{{sort|Peter|[[Peter the Great|Peter I]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |14. |{{dts|1708|7|14|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Holowczyn|Holowczyn]] |Battle |{{sort|Belarus|Duchy of Lithuania<br>(Belarus)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kalmyk Khanate.svg}} |{{sort|Sheremetev|Boris Sheremetev}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |15. |{{dts|1708|9|10|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Malatitze|Malatitze]] |Battle |{{sort|Belarus|Duchy of Lithuania<br>(Belarus)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kalmyk Khanate.svg}} |{{sort|Peter Golitsyn Sheremetev|Peter I<br>[[Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (Field Marshal)|Mikhail Golitsyn]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |16. |{{dts|1708|9|20|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Rajovka|Rajovka]] |Skirmish |{{sort|Russia|Duchy of Lithuania<br>([[Russia]])}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kalmyk Khanate.svg}} |{{sort|Peter Bauer|Peter I<br>[[Rudolph Felix Bauer|Christian Bauer]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |17. |{{dts|1708|11|11|abbr=on|format=d}}–13 Nov 1708 |[[Battle of Desna|Desna]] |[[Military operation|Operation]] |{{sort|Ukraine|[[Cossack Hetmanate]]<br>(Ukraine)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} |{{sort|Hallart|{{ill|Ludwig Nikolaus von Hallart|de|lt=Ludwig von Hallart}}}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |18. |{{dts|1709|1|17|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Siege of Veprik|Veprik]] |Assault |{{sort|Ukraine|Cossack Hetmanate<br>(Ukraine)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}} |{{sort|Fermor|William Fermor}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |19. |{{dts|1709|2|8|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Oposhnya|Oposhnya]] |Skirmish |{{sort|Ukraine|Cossack Hetmanate<br>(Ukraine)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}} |{{sort|Schaumburg|{{ill|Отто Рудольф фон и цу Шауенбург|ru|lt=Otto von Schaumburg}}}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |20. |{{dts|1709|2|19|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |Khukhra<ref name="Nordberg892–893">{{cite book|first=Jöran|last=Nordberg|title=Konung Carl den XII:tes Historia, volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_lcAAAAcAAJ|year=1740|publisher=Pet. Momma|location=[[Stockholm]]|pages=892–893|oclc=256604521}}</ref><ref name="Quennerstedt343–344">{{cite book|first=August|last=Quennerstedt|title=Karolinska krigares dagböcker jämte andra samtida skrifter, volume 1|url=https://runeberg.org/karolikrig/1/|year=1901|publisher=Gleerupska univ. bokhandeln|location=[[Lund]]|pages=343–344|oclc=186563462}}</ref> |Skirmish |{{sort|Ukraine|[[Tsardom of Russia]]<br>(Ukraine)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} |{{sort|x|Unknown}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |21. |{{dts|1709|2|21|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye|Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye]] |Battle |{{sort|Ukraine|Tsardom of Russia<br>(Ukraine)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kalmyk Khanate.svg}} |{{sort|Rönne|[[Carl Ewald von Rönne|Carl von Rönne]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |22. |{{dts|1709|7|8|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Poltava|Poltava]] |Battle |{{sort|Ukraine|Cossack Hetmanate<br>(Ukraine)}} |align="center"|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg|border=Cossack Hetmanate}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kalmyk Khanate.svg}} |{{sort|Peter Sheremetev|Peter I<br>Boris Sheremetev}} |bgcolor="#FFCCCB"|Defeat |- ! colspan="8" |{{Hidden sort key|zv}}Turkish exile in 1709–1714 |- |23. |{{dts|1713|1|31|abbr=on|format=dm}} – 1 February 1713 |[[Skirmish at Bender|Bender]] |Assault |{{sort|Moldova|[[Ottoman Empire]]<br>([[Moldova]])}} |align="center"|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg}} |{{sort|Pasha|{{ill|Hoca İbrahim Paşa|tr|lt=Ismail Pasha}}}} |bgcolor="#FFCCCB"|Defeat |- ! colspan="8" |{{Hidden sort key|zu}}German campaigns of 1714–1715 |- |24. |{{dts|1715|4|21|abbr=on|format=d}}–27 Apr 1715 |[[Battles of Usedom#Swedish invasion of Usedom|Usedom I]] |Operation |{{sort|Germany Poland|[[Swedish Pomerania]]<br>([[Germany]] / Poland)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Prussia|1701}} |{{sort|Rohr|Captain Rohr}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |25. |{{dts|1715|7|31|abbr=on|format=dm}} – 22 August 1715 |[[Battles of Usedom#Allied invasion of Usedom|Usedom II]] |Operation |{{sort|Germany Poland|Swedish Pomerania<br>(Germany / Poland)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Prussia|1701}}<br>{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} |{{sort|Arnim Württemberg-Winnental|{{ill|Georg Abraham von Arnim|de|lt=Georg von Arnim}}<br>[[Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental|Louis of Württemberg-Winnental]]}} |bgcolor="#FFCCCB"|Defeat |- |26. |{{dts|1715|7|12|abbr=on|format=dm}} – 24 December 1715 |[[Siege of Stralsund (1711–1715)|Stralsund]] |Siege |{{sort|Germany|Swedish Pomerania<br>(Germany)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Prussia|1701}}<br>{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}}<br>{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Anhalt-Dessau Wackerbarth Scholten|[[Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau]]<br>{{ill|August Christoph von Wackerbarth|de|lt=August von Wackerbarth}}<br>[[Jobst von Scholten]]}} |bgcolor="#FFCCCB"|Defeat |- |27. |{{dts|1715|11|16|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Stresow|Stresow]] |Battle |{{sort|Germany|Swedish Pomerania<br>(Germany)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Prussia|1701}}{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}}{{flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} |{{sort|Anhalt-Dessau|Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau}} |bgcolor="#FFCCCB"|Defeat |- ! colspan="8" |{{Hidden sort key|zt}}[[Norway during the Great Northern War|Norwegian campaigns of 1716 and 1718]] |- |28. |{{dts|1716|3|9|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |[[Battle of Høland|Høland]] |Skirmish |{{sort|Norway|Denmark–Norway<br>(Norway)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Kruse|{{ill|Ulrik Christian Kruse|dk|lt=Ulrik Kruse}}}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |29. |{{dts|1716|3|21|abbr=on|format=dmy}} |{{ill|Slaget om Kristiania|sv|lt=Christiania}} |Skirmish |{{sort|Norway|Denmark–Norway<br>(Norway)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Klenow|[[Jørgen Christopher von Klenow|Jørgen von Klenow]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |30. |{{dts|1716|3|22|abbr=on|format=dm}} – 30 April 1716 |{{ill|Beleiringen av Akershus festning|no|lt=Akershus Fortress}} |Siege |{{sort|Norway|Denmark–Norway<br>(Norway)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Klenow|Jørgen von Klenow}} |bgcolor="#FFCCCB"|Defeat |- |31. |{{dts|1716|6|3|abbr=on|format=d}}–5 Jun 1716 |Sponvika Sconce<ref name="Lagermark66">{{cite book|first=Johan August|last=Lagermark|title=Karl XII:s krig i Norge 1716|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MQ_AAAAYAAJ|year=1883|publisher=Edv. Berling|location=[[Uppsala]]|page=66|oclc=457320804}}</ref> |Siege |{{sort|Norway|Denmark–Norway<br>(Norway)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Günter|Hans Günter}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |32. |{{dts|1716|7|3|abbr=on|format=d}}–4 Jul 1716 |{{ill|Angriff auf Frederikshald (1716)|de|lt=Fredrikshald}} |Assault |{{sort|Norway|Denmark–Norway<br>(Norway)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Brun|{{ill|Hans Jacob Brun|dk|lt=Hans Brun}}}} |bgcolor="#FFCCCB"|Defeat |- |33. |{{dts|1718|7|15|abbr=on|format=dm}} – 16 November 1718 |{{ill|Sjøkrigen i Iddefjorden|no|lt=Iddefjord}} |Operation |{{sort|Norway|Denmark–Norway<br>(Norway)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Landsberg|[[Barthold Nicolai Landsberg|Barthold Landsberg]]}} |bgcolor="#99ff99"|Victory |- |34. |{{dts|1718|11|20|abbr=on|format=dm}} – 14 December 1718 |[[Siege of Fredriksten|Fredriksten]] |Siege |{{sort|Norway|Denmark–Norway<br>(Norway)}} |align="center"|{{flagicon|Denmark–Norway}} |{{sort|Landsberg|Barthold Landsberg}} |bgcolor="#FFCCCB"|Defeat {{KIA}} |}
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