Conflict: | Battle of Rauge |
Partof: | the Great Northern War |
Date: | 4 September 1701 (O.S.) 5 September 1701 (Swedish calendar) 15 September 1701 (N.S,) |
Place: | Rauge, Swedish Livonia (present-day Rõuge, Estonia) |
Result: | Swedish victory |
Combatant1: | Swedish Empire |
Combatant2: | Tsardom of Russia |
Commander1: | Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach |
Commander2: | Boris Sheremetev |
Strength1: | 2,000 men[1] |
Strength2: | 7,000 men |
Casualties1: | 100 killed and wounded |
Casualties2: | at least 2,000 killed, wounded and captured |
The Battle of Rauge took place on 15 September 1701 near Rõuge, Livonia during the Great Northern War in which the Swedes defeated the numerically superior Russians.