Battle of Saločiai (1703)

Battle of Saločiai
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; Battle of Saladen, 1703
Date	18 March 1703 (O.S.); 19 March 1703 (Swedish calendar); 29 March 1703 (N.S.)
Location	Šakarniai, near Saločiai (now Lithuania)56°14′55″N 24°21′42″E
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Poland–Lithuania; Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt	Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński
Strength
1,100 men[1]	6,000 men[2][3][1]
Casualties and losses
40 killed ; 125 wounded ; 2 missing[2]	around 1,500 killed[2]; some 45 standards and; 1,058 banners[3]

The Battle of Saločiai was a battle that took place on 19 March 1703 near Saločiai, Lithuania during the Great Northern War. The Swedes won the battle.

References

"Caleb de Frumeries berättelse om expeditionen till Litauen 1703 och slaget vid Saladen". Members.tripod.com. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
https://web.archive.org/web/20131204224024/http://www.lewenhaupt.com/start/default.asp?ItemID=105. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
The military history of Charles XII, King of Sweden. Gustavus Adlerfeld, Carl Maximilian Emanuel Adlerfelt. p.208

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[Bengt_Nilsson-1] "Caleb de Frumeries berättelse om expeditionen till Litauen 1703 och slaget vid Saladen". Members.tripod.com. Retrieved 2015-05-21.

[lewenhaupt-2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20131204224024/http://www.lewenhaupt.com/start/default.asp?ItemID=105. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Charles_XII-3] The military history of Charles XII, King of Sweden. Gustavus Adlerfeld, Carl Maximilian Emanuel Adlerfelt. p.208