Battle of Walk

Battle of Walk
Part of Second Northern War
Date July 8, 1657 Location Walk, Swedish Livonia Result Decisive Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Friedrich von Löwen	Matvey Sheremetyev † Prince Timofey Scherbatov Denis Fonvizin
Strength
3,300 men[1]	8,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
light[1]	108 killed, 28 wounded, 5 captured[2] 1,500 killed and wounded (Swedish claim)[1]

The Battle of Walk on July 8, 1657 between forces of Sweden commanded by Friedrich von Löwen on one side, and Russian forces led by Matvey Sheremetyev on the other side. The largest part of the Russian army disobeyed Sheremetev and left the battle at the beginning,^[3] forcing him to rely on the 250 reiters of Colonel Denis Fonvizin, who played the key role in the breakthrough and allowed the rest of the army to escape.^[4] The Swedish forces won the battle.^[1]

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