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Grand total: 17,926 men (excluding officers, artillery personal and irregulars)[1]: 230 NOTES:
Including officers (about 10% of the actual force), Cossack and Kalmyks (2,500–5,000) and artillery personal[2]: 108 (at least five men on each cannon [150 men])[3]: 83 the force would 'estimated' reach over 22,000 men.
Another 8,000 men under general Werden, marched from the village of Patskovo to join the battle. However, they did not make it to participate in the fighting.[1]: 164
About 900 men from Bauer's dragoons did not participate in the main battle, as they instead were positioned at Propoisk to block the Swedish escape route.[1]: 164
In earlier Russian accounts, the regiments had been reduced with 100 men, in some cases more, for propaganda reasons. For example, Preobrazhenski Guards (1,456) and Semenovski Guards (1,564).[1]: 231
Grand total: 12,950 men (excluding officers)[1]: 234 NOTES:
The table above is from Petre's diary which is the highest (Swedish) estimation of the Swedish troops, Lewenhaupt claimed his force being 10,914 strong and Weihe claimed the Swedish force to 11,450.[1]: 235
The Swedish army was 13,000 soldiers strong (excluding officers, 1,300 men) when they started their march from Riga.[1]: 22 However, the long march caused about 10% casualties,[2]: 105 having the total strength with officers 13,000.
Only about 9,000 men participated in the actual battle having the others protecting the wagon train.[4]
