Battle of Ergeme

Battle of Ergeme

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Ergeme
partof=Livonian War
date=August 2 1560
place=Near Valga
result=Muscovy victory.
combatant1=Livonian Confederation
combatant2=Muscovy
commander1=Philipp Schall von Bell
commander2=Vasily Ivanovich Barbashin
strength1 = 330
strength2 = 12.000
casualties1 = 261
casualties2 = ?

The Battle of Ergeme ( _et. Härgmäe lahing; _de. Schlacht bei Ermes; _ru. "сражение при Эрмесе"; _lv. Ērģemes kauja) was fought on 2 August, 1560 in present-day Latvia (near Valga) as part of the Livonian War between the forces of Ivan IV of Russia and the Livonian Confederation. It was the last battle fought by the German knights in Livonia and an important Russian victory. The knights were defeated so thoroughly that the order had to be dissolved.


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