Siege of Thorn (1703)

Siege of Thorn

Siege of Thorn, 1703

Date	May to October 14, 1703
Location	Toruń, Poland
Result	Swedish victory

Belligerents

Swedish Empire

Saxony

Commanders and leaders

Charles XII

General von Kanitz

Strength

26,000 men

6,000 men

Casualties and losses

50 dead

1,000 dead
4,860 captured

Great Northern War

Campaigns

Denmark Russia and the Baltic provinces Poland-Lithuania/Saxony Ottoman Empire Sweden and Northern Germany Norway Finland

Battles

1st Riga 1st Tönning Humlebæk 1st Narva Petschora Düna Rauge Erastfer Darsūniškis Vilnius Kliszów Hummelshof Nöteborg Saladen Pultusk Systerbäck Wesenberg Thorn Jakobstadt Posen 2nd Narva Punitz Gemauerthof Warsaw Praga 1st Grodno Fraustadt Kletsk Kalisz 2nd Grodno Holowczyn Neva Malatitze Rajovka Lesnaya Desna Koniecpol Veprik Oposhnya Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye Sokolki Poltava Perevolochna 2nd Riga 2nd Vyborg Pruth Campaign Helsingborg Køge Bay Gadebusch 2nd Tönning Bender Finland Hogland Pälkäne Storkyro Gangut Stralsund Fehmarn Rügen Stresow Dynekilen Göteborg Strömstad Fredriksten Carolean Death March Ösel Stäket Grengam

Treaties

Charles XII invasion of Poland

Düna Darsūniškis Vilnius Kliszów Saladen Pultusk Thorn Jakobstadt Posen Punitz Gemauerthof Warsaw Praga Grodno Fraustadt Kletsk Kalisz

The Siege of Thorn was set during the Great Northern War, between Sweden and Saxony from May to October 14, 1703. The Swedish army was commanded by Charles XII of Sweden and the Saxon by General von Kanitz. The siege ended with a victory for Sweden, and the whole garrison surrendered to the Swedes.

References

Karl Hoburg: Die Belagerungen der Stadt und Festung Thorn seit dem 17. Jahrhundert, Lambeck Verlag, Thorn 1844
Anders Fryxell: Lebensgeschichte Karl's des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden, Band 1, Braunschweig 1861

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