Battle of Walk 1657
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 8 July 1657 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1657 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Estonia | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Second Northern War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 57.7833, 26.0333 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Walk on July 8, 1657 between forces of Sweden commanded by Friedrich von Löwen on one side, and Russian forces led by stolnik Matvey Sheremetyev, who for the first time in his career commanded an army by himself, on the other side. The largest part of the Russian army disobeyed Sheremetyev and left the battle at the beginning, forcing him to rely on the 250 reiters of Colonel Denis Fonvizin, who played the key role in the breakthrough and allowed the rest of the army to escape. The Swedish forces won the battle, and according to their sources they defeated an army of 8,000 men, 32 standards, banners and other field declarations had been captured in the battle and 1,500 Russians were dead or wounded along with their commander Matvey Sheremetyev, who later died in captivity. In comparison, some 12 Swedes, including Lieutenant Captain Tiesenhusen, were killed.
However, a recent analysis of Russian 17th-century archive documents related to the battle claims that Russian force consisted of only 2,193 men, 353 additional troops failed to arrive in time, and even Tsar Alexis I in his correspondence expected his army to be no larger than 3,000, while the casualties included 108 killed, 28 wounded, 5 captured.
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