In this war, the Drabant Corps used a smoke screen as they began an attack by crossing the Düna River. The Georgian prince Alexander of Imereti was captured in a battle during this war, which was the subject of a painting by August von Kotzebue’s son that depicts soldiers retreating from a snow-covered (10[1])battlefield across a river. One side in this war steadily marched to within close (10[1])range before releasing a (-5[1])deadly volley using its Ga-Pa tactics. (10[1])During this (-5[1])war, the treaty of Altranstädt forced Augustus the (10[1])Strong to renounce the Polish throne. In (-5[1])the Moldavian town of Bender, an Ottoman operation during this war ended with the (10[1])capture of Charles (-5[1])XII (“the twelfth”). For 10 points, what (10[1])war’s decisive Battle of Poltava marked the ascendancy of Russia over Sweden in the Baltic region? (10[2]0[1])■END■