✦ History

Part of Great Northern War

Battle of Kliszów

July 19, 1702 · Near Kliszów, Poland

Result Swedish victory

Charles XII's Swedish army defeated a Polish-Saxon army twice its size under Augustus II in Poland.

On the map Contemporaries

Sweden

Electorate of Saxony

Sweden
Electorate of Saxony
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Charles XII of Sweden military commander Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld military commander Frederick IV of Holstein-Gottorp military commander
Augustus II the Strong military commander Adam Heinrich von Steinau military commander