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| Battle of Warksow | |||||||
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| Part of Scanian War | |||||||
 Battle of Warksow | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Swedish Empire |
 Denmark-Norway Brandenburg-Prussia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck |
Detlef von Rumohr † Colonel von Hülsen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3,500:[1] 2,000 cavalry |
4,670:[2] 1,770 cavalry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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about 170 killed and wounded[3] |
4,000:[4] 3,600 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Warksow took place on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen on 8 January (O.S.)/18 January（N.S.）1678 during the Swedish-Brandenburg War. In the battle Swedish forces defeated an allied army composed mainly of Danes supported by a smaller contingent of Brandenburg and Hesse-Cassel troops.
The Swedes were able to muster some 3,500 men for the battle,[1] including 2,000 cavalry.[5] The allied Danish and Brandenburg troops amounted to about 4,670 men, including a few hundred Brandenburg and Hesse-Cassel soldiers and 1,770 cavalry, as well as 16 cannon.[2]
170 Swedes lost their lives in the battle and subsequent pursuit.[3] The Danish/Brandenburg side lost 400 killed[5] and more than 3,600 captured. After the battle and in the days that followed, the entire allied force were captured or forced to follow the Swedish flag.
- ^ a b Sundberg (2010). Sveriges krig 1630-1814. p. 203.
- ^ a b Rystad 2005, p. 197.
- ^ a b Björlin, Gustaf. Kriget mot Danmark 1675-1679, Stockholm (1885). "Slaget på Rügen"
- ^ Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Pommern: Forschungen zur pommerschen Geschichte, Issues 4-6. Böhlau, 1963. pp. 253.
- ^ a b Historiska upplysningar om Svenska och Norska arméernas regementer och kårer, Harold Oscar Prytz. p.174