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Events on Saturday 14 July 1708 1
1708Battle of GolovchinSweden's last victory of the Russian campaignKing Charles XII of Sweden defeated a Russian army under Prince Anikita Repnin near the village of Golovchin during the advance toward Moscow. It was the final battlefield victory for Sweden in the campaign that would end disastrously at Poltava the following year. Heavy rain and Russian artillery inflicted significant Swedish casualties despite the win.