Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da fadace-fadace tsakanin Sweden da Poland suka daina aiki ya kasance ga Charles XII don tabbatar da sabon tsari game da yunkurin juyin mulki daga Saxons da abokin Augustus tsar Peter. A duk lokacin yakin Peter ya kasance mai matukar kokarin sabunta sojojinsa na zamani bayan shan kashi a Narva, duk da cewa sojojin Rasha sun isa suyi aiki da biranen da ba su da kariya sosai a duk lardunan Baltic na Sweden. Bayan rashin nasarar Wolmar von Schlippenbach a yakin Erastfer da Hummelshof
, Rasha ta ci Nöteborg da Nyenskans, tare da fara gina Petersburg, wanda zai zama sansanin sojan ruwa na farko a cikin tekun Baltic. A cikin 1704 Dorpat da Narva suma sun ɓace. Koyaya, 'yan Rasha sun kasa fitar da' yan Sweden daga Courland, kuma saboda haka 'yan Sweden sun ci gaba da iko da gabashin tekun Baltic kuma sun sami damar ci gaba da samar da albarkatu ga sojojin Poland. An ba da wannan ga Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt don nasararsa a Jakobstadt da Gemauerthof.