- Battle of the Sound
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of The Sound
caption="Battle of the Sound 1658"
partof=Dutch-Swedish War
date=29 October 1658
place=The Sound orOresund
result=Dutch victory. Forced the Swedish fleet to end the blockade of the Danish capital
combatant1=flag|Sweden
combatant2=
flag|Denmark
commander1=Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Klas Hansson Bjelkenstjerna
Henrik Gerdtsson
commander2=1st squadron:Witte de With †
2nd squadron:Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam
3rd squadron:Pieter Floriszzon †
strength1=1st squadron: 11 ships
2nd squadron: 10 ships
3rd squadron: 12 ships
4th squadron: 11 ships
Total number of guns: 1 605
Men: 4 055 seamen and about 2 423 soldiers
strength2=1st squadron: 11 ships
2nd squadron: 13 ships
3rd squadron: 11 ships
Total number of guns: 1 270
Men: 4 000 seamen and about 2 000 soldiers
casualties1=4 ships
350 dead
850 wounded
casualties2=2 ships
296 dead
503 woundedThe naval Battle of The Sound took place on
8 November 1658 (29 October OS) during theDutch-Swedish War , near the Sound orOresund , just north of the Danish capital,Copenhagen . Sweden had defeated Denmark and an army under Charles X of Sweden had Copenhagen itself under siege. The Dutch fleet was sent to prevent Sweden from gaining control of both sides of the Sound and controlling Baltic trade.The Dutch, under the command of Lieutenant-Admiral
Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam withEgbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer as hisflag captain , who had sailed to the Baltic in support of Denmark, had 41 ships with 1413 guns while the Swedes had 45 ships with 1838 guns, arranged in groups of three within each Division. The seven Danish ships with about 280 guns were unable to assist their Dutch allies because of adverse northern winds and could only watch. Obdam, who first received very complicated written instructions fromGrand Pensionary Johan de Witt and asked his boss to explain them again "in three words", summed up his mission in a single sentence: "Save Copenhagen and punch anyone in the face who tries to prevent it". That "anyone" was the English fleet; the British didn't intervene however. The Swedes aggressively attacked, but failed as the approaching Dutch had theweather gage . The Dutch forced the Swedish fleet to end the blockade of the Danish capital, which eventually forced Charles to abandon the siege entirely.hip lists
References
*"Naval Wars in the Baltic 1522-1850" (1910) - R. C. Anderson
External links
* [http://www.sailingwarships.com/ List of sailing warships]
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