Editing Battle of Narva (1700) (section)

== Prelude ==
Russia made [[Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye|a military alliance]] with [[Frederick IV of Denmark|Frederick IV]], King of [[Denmark–Norway]]; and [[Augustus the Strong]], King of [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland–Lithuania]] and [[Electorate of Saxony|elector of Saxony]], to wage war against Sweden whereupon three countries attacked Sweden from different directions.{{sfn|Frost|2000|p=228}} The Danish and Saxon armies acted indecisively, bounding themselves to unsuccessful sieges of fortresses. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth refused to support its king,{{sfn|Frost|2000|p=263}} and Russia waited for [[Treaty of Constantinople (1700)|a peace treaty]] with the Ottoman Empire to transfer its struggle from south to north.{{sfn|Frost|2000|p=228}}

Charles XII, assisted by the [[Royal Navy]] and the [[Dutch Navy]], first landed in [[Humlebæk]] north of [[Copenhagen]] and [[Peace of Travendal|forced Denmark-Norway to leave the alliance]] in August 1700 (until 1709).<ref name=Frost229>Frost (2000), p.229</ref> He then moved part of the Swedish army across the Baltic Sea to Estonia, where Estonian and Finnish regiments of the Swedish army joined it.<ref name=Lagena>{{Cite web |url=http://rusmilhist.blogspot.ru/2010/11/swedish-army-at-lagena-on-1929-nov-of.html |title=Swedish army at Lagena on 19/29 Nov of 1700 (Inspection of the Royal army the day before Narva battle) |access-date=2018-03-06 |archive-date=2018-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307082224/http://rusmilhist.blogspot.ru/2010/11/swedish-army-at-lagena-on-1929-nov-of.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

During November, Russian troops surrounded the city of [[Narva]] in Estonia (part of the Swedish Empire at the time), attempting to secure its surrender via [[siege]]. August II commanded a Saxon-Polish army, and [[Adam Heinrich von Steinau|Steinau]] was outside Riga in Swedish Livonia. The Saxon-Polish army, however, had gone into winter camp south of the river [[Daugava River|Daugava]]. Hence, Charles XII decided to deal with the more immediate Russian threat against Narva, which was under siege by Peter's forces.<ref name=Tucker/>{{rp|686}}