Battle of Sehested

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

General Wallmoden

Strength

9,500

5,000

Casualties and losses

550 Killed or Wounded

620 Killed or Wounded, 600 captured

War of the Sixth Coalition

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The Battle of Sehested was fought between Danish and Swedish (with Prussian-Russian battalions) troops at Sehested (in Holstein) on December 10, 1813 during the War of the Sixth Coalition.

The Danish Auxiliary Corps, which fought on the side of the French, was pushed back by the Swedish, Prussian and Russian alliance under Maj. Gen. Ludwig von Wallmoden in early December 1813, but the Danes, commanded by Prince Frederik of Hesse, managed to secure their retreat by the victory in the Battle of Sehested.

However, the battle could not change the course of the war, which ended in Denmark’s defeat in 1814.

The Danish casualties were 550 men. The allies lost more than from 1200-2000.

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