Battle of Stralsund (1715)

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Battle of Stralsund
Part of Great Northern War
Date October 19, 1715 Location Stralsund, present-day Germany Rügen, present-day Germany Result Danish, Saxon and Prussian victory
Belligerents
Denmark  Prussia  Saxony	Sweden
Commanders
Frederick IV Frederick William I	Charles XII
Strength
36,000 soldiers	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	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.

[edit] References

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

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