Battle of Grodno (1706)

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Battle of Grodno
Part of the Great Northern War
Grodno and its fortifications on a 1706 plan
Date 15 January 1706 (O.S.) 16 January 1706 (Swedish calendar) 26 January — 10 April 1706 (N.S.) Location Grodno, present-day Belarus Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Charles XII	Georg Benedict Ogilvy Augustus II the Strong Anikita Repnin Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov
Strength
34,000: 24,000 Swedish[1] 10,000 Polish[2]	41,000: 36,000 Russian[1] 5,000 Saxon[1]
Casualties and losses
3,000:[1] of which only 100 killed in actual combat, the majority perished due to frostbite and exhaustion	15,000[3]–17,000:[4] 8,000 during the blockade 7,000–9,000 during the retreat, the majority due to starvation, sickness and exhaustion

The Battle of Grodno (1706) refers to the battle during the Great Northern War. Grodno was a city of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at this time.