Editing Great Northern War (section)

== 1700: Denmark, Riga and Narva ==
{{Main|Siege of Tönning|Landing on Humlebæk|Peace of Travendal|Siege of Riga (1700)|Battle of Narva (1700)}}
[[File:Bombardementet af København 1700.jpg|thumb|left|240px|The bombardment of [[Copenhagen]], 1700]]
[[Frederick IV of Denmark|Frederik IV of Denmark–Norway]] directed his first attack against Sweden's ally [[Holstein-Gottorp]]. In March 1700, a Danish army laid [[Siege of Tönning|siege to Tönning]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Frost|2000|pp=227–228}}</ref> Simultaneously, [[Augustus II]]'s forces advanced through [[Swedish Livonia]], captured [[Dünamünde]] and laid siege to [[Riga]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Frost|2000|pp=228–229}}</ref>

[[Charles XII of Sweden]] first focused on attacking Denmark. The Swedish navy was able to outmaneuver the Danish [[Öresund|Sound]] blockade and deploy an army near the Danish capital, [[Copenhagen]]. At the same time, a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet had also set course towards Denmark. Together with the Swedish fleet, they carried out a bombardment of Copenhagen from 20 to 26 July. This surprise move and pressure by the Maritime Powers ([[Kingdom of England|England]] and the [[Dutch Republic]]) forced Denmark–Norway to withdraw from the war in August 1700 according to the terms of the [[Peace of Travendal]].<ref name="Frost229">{{Harvnb|Frost|2000|p=229}}</ref>

Charles XII was now able to speedily deploy his army to the eastern coast of the [[Baltic Sea]] and face his remaining enemies: besides the army of Augustus II in Livonia, an army of Russian tsar [[Peter I of Russia|Peter I]] was already on its way to invade Swedish [[Ingria]],<ref name=Frost229 /> where it laid siege to [[Narva]] in October. In November, the Russian and Swedish armies met at the [[Battle of Narva (1700)|First Battle of Narva]] where the Russians suffered a crushing defeat.<ref name="Frost230">{{Harvnb|Frost|2000|p=230}}</ref>

After the dissolution of the first coalition through the [[peace of Travendal]] and with the victory at Narva, the Swedish chancellor, [[Benedict Oxenstjerna]], attempted to use the bidding for the favour of Sweden by France and the Maritime Powers (then on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]){{sfn|Gosse|1911|p=205}} to end the war and make Charles an arbiter of Europe.