Battle of Hummelshof

Battle of Hummelshof took place on July 19, 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. This was a final blow to the Swedish force defending Livonia and the defeat left it fully open to Russian attacks.

Battle of Hummelshof
Part of the Great Northern War
Anonymous copperplate of the battle (1733)
Date July 18, 1702 (O.S.) July 19, 1702 (Swedish calendar) July 29, 1702 (N.S.) Location Hummelshof, Swedish Livonia (present-day Hummuli, Estonia) Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach	Boris Sheremetev
Strength
6,000[1]-8,000[2] 17 artillery pieces[3]	20,000[4]–23,969 men[3] 24 artillery pieces[3]
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed and over 1,000 wounded and captured[4] or 5,500 killed and wounded, all cannons[5]	1,000[6]–4,000 killed and wounded[4]

References

1. Sundberg (2010). Sveriges krig 1630-1814. p. 222.
2. Shkvarov 2012, p. 217.
3. Northern Wars, Oskar Sjöström^{[dead link]}
4. Gordon A. The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: To which is Prefixed a Short General History of the Country from the Rise of that Monarchy: and an Account of the Author's Life, Volume 1. Aberdeen. 1755. pp. 165–168
5. Егоршина 2023, p. 45.
6. Boris Grigorjev & Aleksandr Bespalov (2012). Kampen mot övermakten. Baltikums fall 1700–1710. p. 111.

Bibliography

• Егоршина, Петрова (2023). История русской армии [The history of the Russian Army] (in Russian). Moscow: Edition of the Russian Imperial Library. ISBN 978-5-699-42397-2.
• Shkvarov, Alexei (2012). Россия и Швеция. История военных конфликтов 1142-1809 [Russia and Sweden. The history of military conflicts 1142-1809] (in Russian). Saint-Petersburg: RME Group Oy:Алетейя. ISBN 978-5-91419-754-1.

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