Skirmish at Bender
| Skirmish at Bender | |||||||
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| Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
The Battle of Bender, Edouard Armand-Dumaresq, 1877 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Swedish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ismail Pasha Devlet Giray |
Charles XII (POW) Axel Sparre (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000–13,000 | 700–1,007 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 200–433 killed and wounded |
15–31 killed 669–992 captured | ||||||
The Skirmish at Bender (Swedish: Kalabaliken i Bender; Finnish: Benderin kalabaliikki) was devised to remove Charles XII of Sweden from the Ottoman Empire after his military defeats in Russia. It took place on 1 February 1713 on Ottoman territory, in what is now the town of Bender, Moldova (separatist region of Transnistria).