Battle of Gadebusch |
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Part of the Great Northern War |
![Battle of Gadebusch](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Magnus_Stenbock_vid_Gadebusch.png/300px-Magnus_Stenbock_vid_Gadebusch.png) Magnus Stenbock at Gadebusch, unknown author |
Date | 9 December 1712 (O.S.) 20 December 1712 (N.S.) |
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Location | |
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Result |
Swedish victory |
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Belligerents |
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Swedish Empire |
Denmark–Norway
Electorate of Saxony |
Commanders and leaders |
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Magnus Stenbock |
Frederick IV
Jobst von Scholten
Jacob Heinrich von Flemming |
Strength |
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12,500:[a]
6,500 foot, 6,000 horse, 20 or 30 cannon |
17,000:[b]
8,300 Danish foot, 4,900 Danish horse, 3,800 Saxon horse, 14 cannon |
Casualties and losses |
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1,600:[c]
550 killed, 1,022 wounded |
6,500:[d]
2,500 killed, 4,000 captured (of which 1,500 were wounded) |
- ^[a] The Swedes had 19 battalions and 54[1] (or 58[2]) squadrons with an effective fighting force of between 12,000[2] and 14,000 men (6,000 being cavalry)[3] and 20 or 30 cannons.[1] Reportedly, the Swedish army counted 10,600 men after the battle,[2] which, if the artillery crew of 300 men[1] and the 1,600 losses is applied, presents a figure of 12,500 men.[2]
- ^[b] The Danes had 19[1] (or 18[2]) battalions and 46[1] (or 48[2]) squadrons with an effective fighting force of between 13,200[1] and 16,000 men[3] (about 5,000 being cavalry) and 14 cannons. The Saxons had 32 squadrons[1] (some sources mentions 2 battalions as well[4]) with between 3,000[2] and 3,800 men.[1] In total, the Danes and Saxons had 19 battalions and 78 squadrons with between 17,000[1] and 20,000 men.[3]
- ^[c] The Swedish losses were 29 officers killed, 62 officers wounded[1] with between 491[1] and 521[2] commons killed and between 895[1] and 960 wounded.[2] The higher number is regarded the more reliable one.[1]
- ^[d] The Danes and Saxons had sustained over 2,000[4] or possibly 3,000[1] men killed in the battle. Up to 4,000[4] or 4,500[1] had been captured (about 1,700 took Swedish service after the battle)[2] of which a third, or about 1,500 men, were wounded.[4] The number of wounded who slipped away in the retreat is unknown. Furthermore, 13 cannons, 2 drums and 13 standards and banners were lost to the Swedes.[1]
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