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Klissow, Battle of

Years: 1702 - 1702

The Battle of Klissow takes place on July 8 (Julian calendar) / July 9 (Swedish calendar) / July 19, 1702 (Gregorian calendar) near Kliszów, Poland-Lithuania, during the Great Northern War.

he numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of August II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of king Charles XII.

"He who does not know how to give himself an account of three thousand years may remain in the dark, inexperienced, and live from day to day."

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan