On this day in 1713 Ottoman forces managed to capture Swedish king Charles near the city of Bender in wha ...
On this day in 1713 Ottoman forces managed to capture Swedish king Charles near the city of Bender in what is today Moldova. Bender is located around 100 km from the Black Sea, near the current border ...
On this day the Swedish army, led by the young King Charles XII, managed to defeat an army of Poles and G ...
On this day the Swedish army, led by the young King Charles XII, managed to defeat an army of Poles and Germans twice its size in Poland. It was an example of the great military successes of the Swedi ...