The siege of Narva (, ), also known as the second battle of Narva, was the second

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Narva Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia border, E ...

during the

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from 27 June to 9 August 1704.

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The siege came four years after the first battle of Narva, where the Russians were defeated by a much smaller Swedish force defending the city. Tsar Peter I marched to the area again with a reorganized army in an attempt to capture Narva and occupy

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, previously a Swedish logistical center and territory ceded by Russia in 1617.Tucker, S.C., 2010, A Global Chronology of Conflict, Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, Marshal

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's force of 20,000 captured

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on 24 June and then Russian forces led by Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy besieged Narva, with the garrison under the Commandant Major-General Henning Rudolf Horn af Ranzien and consisting of only 3,800 infantry and 1,300 cavalry. After a long siege followed by a three-fronted attack, the Russians captured Narva on 20 August 1704, massacring hundreds of its Swedish garrison and inhabitants before Peter I stopped them. General Horn, several officers and many Swedish soldiers were captured, after roughly 3,200 casualties in the siege and aftermath. The Russians lost up to 3,000 men in total, with some estimates being over 10,000.Военный энциклопедический лексикон. Часть 9-я. СПб, 1845, с. 376 In August, Peter I signed the Treaty of Narva in the town, aligning the Sandomierz Confederation faction of the

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with Russia against Sweden in the war. On 11 September, the surviving citizens of Narva swore allegiance to Peter I in the courtyard of the town hall, and the city was incorporated into the Russian Tsardom.Петров А.В. Город Нарва, его прошлое и достопримечательности. СПб, 1901, с. 175

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Names of the Russian Generals, who command at the siege of Narva, 1704, and specification of the regiments employed (in Russian)
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