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Fraustadt


Battle Name : Fraustadt

Date(s) : 03 February 1706

Part of : Second or Great Northern War ,

Outcome : A victory for Swedish Army over Saxon Army

Type of battle : Land

Rehnskjold, commanding just 8,000 Swedes, attacked the vastly numerically superior force of a Saxon army with Russian and Polish auxiliaries. The Saxons collapsed, their cavalry riding off without firing a shot and their infantry throwing down their muskets and running. The Russians and Poles tried to make a stand but were overwhelmed in part by the retreating Saxons. The Saxons lost all their artillery.
For this victory Rehnskjold was made a Field Marshall and created a count.