Battle of Stralsund (1715)

Battle of Stralsund (1715)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Stralsund
partof=Great Northern War
date=October 19 1715
place=Stralsund, present-day Germany
Rügen, present-day Germany
result=Danish, Saxon and Prussian victory
combatant1=flag|Denmark
flag|Prussia|1701
combatant2=
commander1=flagicon|Denmark Frederick IV
flagicon|Prussia|1701 Frederick William I
commander2=
strength1=36,000 soldiers
strength2=Unknown
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=Charles XII was wounded. The whole army was captured. All but one Swedish ship was destroyed.

The Battle of Stralsund was a battle between the Danes, Saxons and Prussians forces on one side and Swedish forces on the other, on October 19, 1715, during the Great Northern War.

Stralsund, a port of Swedish Pomerania, was besieged by an army of Prussians and Danes, 72,000 men strong. The Prussian forces were led by King Frederick William I and the Old Dessauer; the Danish forces were led by King Frederick IV and Duke Charles Rudolph of Württemberg-Neuenstadt; and the Saxon forces were led by Christoph August von Wackerbarth. The port was defended by a Swedish garrison under King Charles XII.

In three months the Prussians and Danes were successful in seizing the island of Rügen, which commanded Stralsund. The Swedes attempted to retake the town. During the attempt, Charles XII was wounded and barely escaped, while his whole force was either killed or captured. On October 10, the allies captured the hornwork. On October 20, the port was no longer defensible. Charles XII left for Sweden, and the garrison soon surrendered.

References

*George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 978-0-442-22336-6).


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