 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nguva pfupi pashure pokunge Hondo Huru yokuchamhembe yatanga muna 1700, Bauska yakatorwa nemauto eSaxons. Zvinogoneka kuti Bauska Castle yakashanyirwa naMambo wePoland Augustus II the Strong uye Russian Tsar Peter I, avo munguva yechando ya1701 vakaita hurukuro pamusoro pemamwe maitiro ehondo muBiržai Castle. Pashure pokukunda vaSaxon paDunna Crossingmuhondo muna 1701, Bauska akabatwa neuto raMambo Charles XII weSweden uye akatorwa kwenguva pfupi nemauto eRussia muna 1705. Muna 1706, zvose zviri zviviri Bauska Castle uye muzinda yakaputitswa zvishoma nokuda achidzokera mauto Russian. Harina kuzodzorerwazve uye pakupedzisira rakava matongo. Mukati mehondo, zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvezvivako zveguta zvakaparadzwawo. Nguva yechando yokutanga ya1708 yakaderedza kukohwa ndokutungamirira kunzara. Panguva imwe cheteyo, denda reGreat Northern War rakatanga. Musi waJuly 3, 1709, machechi akarambidzwa muBauska kuitira kuti denda risapararire, uye vakafa vakavigwa kunze kwenzvimbo dzokuviga dzechechi. Pashure penguva yechando ya17081709, chikamu chimwe muzvitatu bedzi chavagari vepamberi pehondo veBauska vakanga vapukunyuka denda rechirwere nenzara. 