Battle of Varja
1700 battle in Estonia during Great Northern War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Varja took place on November 7, 1700, close to the villages of Varja and Aa, in the Duchy of Estonia of the Swedish Empire during the Estonian campaign of the first year in the Great Northern War.[2]
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Battle of Varja | |||||||
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Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Swedish Empire | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Georg Reinhold von Patkul Hans Henrik von Tiesenhausen | Boris Sheremetev | ||||||
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800 men[1] | 5,000 men[1] | ||||||
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280 killed, wounded and captured[1] | 1,500 killed, wounded and captured[1] |
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