Early Modern era · 1702

Battle of Hummelshof

Battle of Hummelshof took place on 18 July 1702 (O.S.) near the small town Hummelshof in Swedish Livonia (present-day Estonia). It was the second significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War in which a Russian army under Boris Sheremetev attacked a much smaller force under Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach and defeated it after experiencing similar casualties to the Swedes.

Battle of Hummelshof
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When
29 Jul 1702
Where
Hummuli
Era
Early Modern

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