Battle of Sehested

Battle of Sehested
	Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
	; Slaget ved Sehested, by Jørgen V. Sonne
Date	10 December 1813
Location	Sehested, Holstein
Result	Dano–Norwegian victory
Belligerents
Denmark–Norway	Russian Empire; Prussia; United Kingdom; Hanover; Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Commanders and leaders
Prince Frederik of Hesse	Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn
Strength
9,000[1]–11,000 men[2]	10,000[2]–10,500 men[1]
Casualties and losses
50–69 killed[3]; 273–319 wounded[3]; 146 missing[2]	522 killed or wounded; 600 captured[2]

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

Memorial in Sehestedt

The Danish Auxiliary Corps, which fought on the side of the French, was pushed back by the allies under Major General Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn 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 469–534 men. The allies lost 1,122 men.[3][2]

Orders of Battle

Avant Garde Brigade:

1st Brigade: General Graf Schulenburg

2nd. Brigade General Lasson

Train Guard

Total: 9,000 men[1]

Total: 10,500 men[1]

Allen, Colin. "Sehested, 10th December 1813" (PDF). 113ème Régiment d’Infanterie de Ligne. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
Sune Wadskjær Nielsen. Det danske rytteri: De lette dragoners triumftog. Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2014. pp. 1–3
Den store danske. Sehested (Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, Gyldendals Leksikon, 1-3 and Gyldendals Etbindsleksikon)

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