Battle of Fraustadt
1706 CE.
Shown on the map at 51.800°, 16.317°.
The Battle of Fraustadt was fought on 2 February 1706 (O.S.) / 3 February 1706 (Swedish calendar) / 13 February 1706 (N.S.) near Fraustadt, now Wschowa, Poland, during the Great Northern War. A Swedish army under Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld defeated a larger Saxon–Russian force commanded by Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, consisting of troops from Saxony, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, German mercenaries, and the Tsardom of Russia. Although outnumbered by more than two to one, Rehnskiöld attacked Schulenburg's entrenched position. Swedish cavalry routed the Saxon horse on both flanks and then turned inward against the rear of the enemy infantry, completing a double envelopment. The result was a decisive Swedish victory: the Russian contingent was almost destroyed, while thousands of Saxon and German troops were taken prisoner. Fraustadt became one of Sweden's most notable victories of the war and is often cited as a classic example of a successful pincer movement.
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