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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 battlefield across a river. One side in this war steadily marched to within close range before releasing a deadly (-5[1])volley using its Ga-Pa tactics. During this war, the treaty of (10[1])Altranstädt forced Augustus the Strong to renounce the Polish throne. In the (-5[1])Moldavian town of Bender, an Ottoman operation during this war ended with the capture of Charles XII (“the twelfth”). For 10 (10[1])points, what war’s decisive Battle of (10[1])Poltava marked the ascendancy of Russia over Sweden in the Baltic (10[1])region? (0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Great Northern War [accept Second Northern War; reject “Northern War” or “First Northern War”]
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