Battle of Narva, 1700
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, public domain
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, public domain
Plan de Narva, Assiegé par 80000 Moscovites, qui furent attaqués et d'effaits dans leurs lignes par Charles XII, Roy de Suede (...) le 30 Novembre 1700, etching on paper, 1702–1703, 233 mm × 330 mm, unknown artist, publisher: Pieter Mortier, image source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, RP-P-OB-83.034-150, http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.470008, public domain.
The Battle of Narva, Estonia, in the Great Northern War took place on November 30, 1700, and was fought between the troops of Swedish King Charles XII (1682–1718) and the Russian army under the command of Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651–1702). After the victory of the Swedes, the siege of Narva was lifted. The etching shows the deployment of Russian and Swedish troops around Narva.
Plan de Narva, Assiegé par 80000 Moscovites, qui furent attaqués et d'effaits dans leurs lignes par Charles XII, Roy de Suede (...) le 30 Novembre 1700, etching on paper, 1702–1703, 233 mm × 330 mm, unknown artist, publisher: Pieter Mortier, image source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, RP-P-OB-83.034-150, public domain.