Russo-Lithuanian War Swedish stage Báthory's campaign The siege of Reval (1577) was a failed siege conducted by Tsar Ivan IV against the Swedish city of Reval during the Livonian War.

A man by the name of Ivo Skenkenberg was given command of a force of Estonian peasants.

[2] The Swedish commanders managed to effectively lead the defense, with soldiers, burghers, and peasants inside the city being determined to defend it from the Russians.

Initially for the defenders, the incendiary shells fired from the Russian positions pose the greatest danger to them, but this is effectively fixed by storing away any particularly flammable material, and introducing a reward for every "fireball" handed over to the commander.

The Swedes also carried out many successful sorties against the besiegers, like one killing Ivan Kolzoff.