The sieges of Riga were two sieges which took place on February 22 and June 15, 1700, in

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Tucker, S.C., 2010, A Global Chronology of Conflict, Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, during the

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. The

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garrison of about 4,000 men under the command of

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successfully repulsed the Saxons until the main Swedish army under

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arrived to sweep the Saxons away in the battle of Riga which ended the period of sieges for the year. The successful attempt to take the city from Sweden was made in the

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by the Russians under

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References

*Anders Fryxell: Lebensgeschichte Karl's des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden. Band 1, Zweiter Abschnitt, 16. Kapitel, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, Braunschweig 1861. *Hochspringen ↑ Heinz von Zur Mühlen: Baltisches historisches Ortslexikon, Band 2, Köln 1990, S. 132. *Hochspringen ↑ Knut Lundblad, Georg Friedrich Jenssen-Tusch: Geschichte Karl des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden, Band 1, Hamburg 1835, S. 41–55. *Olle Larsson, Stormaktens sista krig (2009) Lund, Historiska Media. Sida 86. {{DEFAULTSORT:Siege of Riga

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