Battle of Ērģeme
| Battle of Ērģeme | |||||||||
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| Part of the Livonian War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Livonian Confederation | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Philipp Schall von Bell (POW) | Vasily Ivanovich Barbashin | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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330 to 500 knights 500 cavalrymen | 1,000 cavalrymen | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 261 to 500 killed and captured | ? | ||||||||
The Battle of Ērģeme (also Battle of Ermes) (Estonian: Härgmäe lahing; German: Schlacht bei Ermes; Russian: Битва под Эрмесом; Latvian: Ērģemes kauja) was fought on 2 August 1560 in present-day Latvia (near Valka) 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 was unable to fight in open battles but still defended it's fortresses.