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Battle or uprising · 1704

Trapped at the mouth of the Emajõgi

For two summers Sweden's small flotilla on Lake Peipus had beaten off the Russian boats, but in spring 1704 the Russians changed tactics. Some 7,300 men under Nicolas von Werden came in about a hundred unarmed boats, landed near the mouth of the Emajõgi, blocked the river with a boom and built gun batteries on its banks. The Swedish commander Carl Gustav Löschern von Hertzfeld sailed his thirteen ships, carrying 98 guns, downriver from Tartu straight into the trap. Unable to manoeuvre, the ships were raked from the shore and boarded from the boats. About 190 Swedes died, 142 were captured and the whole flotilla was lost. Russia now controlled the lake, and Tartu fell that July. The marker is at the river mouth by Praaga; the exact spot of the fighting is not recorded.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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Kahel suvel oli Rootsi väike Peipsi flotill Vene paadid tagasi löönud, kuid 1704. aasta kevadel muutsid venelased taktikat. Umbes 7300 meest Nicolas von Werdeni juhtimisel saabus ligi saja relvastamata paadiga, maabus Emajõe suudme lähedal, sulges jõe tõkkega ja ehitas kallastele suurtükipatareid. Rootsi ülem Carl Gustav Löschern von Hertzfeld juhtis oma kolmteist laeva 98 kahuriga Tartust allavoolu otse lõksu. Manööverdamisvõimetuid laevu tulistati kaldalt ja rünnati paatidest pardale tungides. Umbes 190 rootslast hukkus, 142 langes vangi ning kogu flotill läks kaotsi. Venemaa valitses nüüd järve ja Tartu langes sama aasta juulis. Tähis asub jõesuudmes Praaga juures; lahingu täpne paik ei ole teada.

Map of the area around Trapped at the mouth of the Emajõgi
58.43930° N, 27.24540° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: German Wikipedia (via dewiki.de); HistoryOfWar ↗

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