one of the first battles of the great Northern war between the Russian army of Peter I and the Swedish army Charles XII this battle took place on November 30, 1700, near the city of Narva. Nowadays this place is the territorie of Estonia King Charles XII of Sweden first led Denmark out of the Northern war, then Saxony, and moved his 18,000-strong army to Narva. Peter 1 led a 40,000-strong army of Russia. Russia had the goal of getting access to the Baltic sea. Peter I decided to recapture Narva and Ivangorod from Sweden. The siege of the fortress began on September 27 (16), 1700. The army of Peter I on September 31 (20) was held art. bombardment in the hope that the garrison will capitulate. However, this did not happen due to poor and outdated artillery and lack of ammunition.Peter I went to Novgorod for reinforcements. Karl took advantage of the fact that the Russians were stretched out around Narva in a thin line. under cover of a snowstorm, the Swedes secretly approached the Russia