Siege of Danzig (1734)

Siege of Danzig
	Part of the War of the Polish Succession
	; Depiction of the siege
Date	22 February – 30 June 1734
Location	Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland54°22′N 18°38′E / 54.367°N 18.633°E
Result	Russo-Saxon victory
Belligerents
Augustus III; Russia • Imperial Navy; Electorate of Saxony	Stanisław I; France
Commanders and leaders
Army: Peter Lacy; Burkhard Christoph von Münnich; Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels; ; Fleet: Thomas Gordon;	Stanisław I; General Johann Wilhelm von Vietinghoff (de); Gabriel de Rochon de Lapeyrouse (POW) (fr) ; Jean André, Marquis de Barailh (fr) ; Count Plélo †; Baron von Stackelberg
Strength
12,000 initially; 37,000 or 60,000 regulars totally	4,500 initially; 7,000 Polish army totally; 7,500–8,500 Polish militia and volunteers; 1,200–2,400 French; 130 Swedish volunteers
Casualties and losses
8,000	Unknown

The siege of Danzig of 1734 was the Russian encirclement (22 February – 30 June) and capture of the Polish city-port of Gdańsk, during the War of Polish Succession. It was the first time that troops of France and Russia had met as foes in the field.

^ ^a ^b Hoburg, p. 13
^ Sources differ on the number of French troops. The most common counts are between 1,200 and 1,800.

[Hoburg13-1] Hoburg, p. 13

[2] Sources differ on the number of French troops. The most common counts are between 1,200 and 1,800.

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