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Battle of Gadebusch

Battle of Gadebusch was a battle fought on 20 December 1712 at Gadebusch, in what is now Germany. It was part of the Great Northern War, which ran from 1700 to 1721. The recorded result: Swedish victory.

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Battle of Gadebusch 1712
Battle of Gadebusch 1712. Magnus Rommel (1678–1735), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought20 December 1712
WhereGadebusch, Germany53.672N, 11.112E
OutcomeSwedish victory
BelligerentsSwedish EmpireagainstDenmark–Norway; Electorate of Saxony
Part ofGreat Northern War1700 to 1721

Where it sits in the Great Northern War

Siege of Riga, 1700Siege of Riga, 1700Battle of Varja, 1700Battle of Narva, 1700Battle of Petschora, 1701Crossing of the Düna, 1701Battle of Rauge, 1701Battle of Vilnius, 1702Battle of Erastfer, 1702Battle of Dersunisjki, 1702Battle of Klissow, 1702Battle of Hummelshof, 1702Siege of Nöteborg, 1702Battle of Saladen, 1703Battle of Pułtusk, 1703Siege of Thorn, 1703Battle of Systerbäck, 1703Siege of Tartu, 1704Battle of Wesenberg, 1704Siege of Narva, 1704Battle of Orford Ness, 1704Battle of Jakobstadt, 1704Battle of Poznań, 1704Capture of Warsaw, 1704Battle of Lemberg, 1704Battle of Punitz, 1704Campaign of Grodno, 1705Battle of Warsaw, 1705Battle of Gemauerthof, 1705Battle of Praga, 1705Siege of Vyborg, 1706Battle of Fraustadt, 1706Battle of Valkininkai, 1706Siege of Liachavičy, 1706Battle of Grodno, 1706Battle of Kletsk, 1706Battle of Kalisz, 1706Swedish invasion of Russia, 1708Battle of Grodno, 1708Battle of Holowczyn, 1708Battle of Malatitze, 1708Battle of the Neva, 1708Battle of Rajovka, 1708Battle of Koporye, 1708Battle of Lesnaya, 1708Sack of Baturyn, 1708Battle of Koniecpol, 1708Siege of Vepryk, 1708Pursuit of Krasnokutsk, 1709Battle of Poltava, 1709Siege of Riga, 1709Pruth River Campaign, 1710Siege of Vyborg, 1710Battle of Helsingborg, 1710Kexholm Siege, 1710Siege of Reval, 1710Action of 4 October 1710, 1710Siege of Wismar, 1711Sieges of Stralsund, 1711Siege of Stralsund, 1711Battle of Westtief, 1712Siege of Stralsund, 1712Siege of Stade, 1712Battle of Gadebusch, 1712Action of 22 July 1713, 1713Skirmish at Bender, 1713Siege of Tönning, 1713Battle of Helsinki, 1713Siege of Stettin, 1713Battle of Landsbro, 1713Battle of Pälkäne, 1713Siege of Tönning, 1714Battle of Napue, 1714Battle of Gangut, 1714Action of 24 April 1715, 1715Siege of Wismar, 1715Siege of Stralsund, 1715Battle of Rügen, 1715Battle of Stresow, 1715Battle of Dynekilen, 1716Siege of Poznań, 1716Battle of Göteborg, 1717Battle of Strömstad, 1717Siege of Trondheim, 1718Siege of Fredriksten, 1718Rysshärjningarna, 1719Attack on Marstrand, 1719Battle of Ösel Island, 1719Battle of Stäket, 1719Battles at Göta Älv, 1719Battle of Grengam, 1720Battle of Selånger, 172117001721Battle of Gadebusch, 1712
93 placed engagements of the Great Northern War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date20 December 1712
PlaceGadebusch, Germany
53.672N, 11.112E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength12,500: 6,500 foot,; 6,000 horse,; 20 or 30 cannon17,000: 8,300 Danish foot,; 4,900 Danish horse,; 3,800 Saxon horse,; 14 cannon
Casualties and losses1,600: 550 killed,; 1,022 wounded6,500: 2,500 killed,; 4,000 captured (of which 1,500 were wounded)
Commanders
  • Frederick IV of Denmark
  • Jobst von Scholten
  • Jacob Heinrich von Flemming
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Battle of Gadebusch is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 668 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q708866, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Gadebusch, revision 1370441183, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.