Tuesday 19 July 2022

Battle of Kliszów 1702

The Battle of Kliszów (also spelled Klissow or Klezow) took place on July 19,[a] 1702, near Kliszów in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Great Northern War.[7] A numerically superior PolishSaxon army led by Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, was defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII.[8] 

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