Battle of Bornhöved (1813)

Battle of Bornhöved
	Part of the Dano-Swedish War (1813–1814)
	; Battle of Bornhöved by Per Krafft the younger
Date	7 December 1813
Location	Bornhöft, Schleswig-Holstein, present-day Germany54°4′N 10°12′E / 54.067°N 10.200°E
Result	Disputed (see Aftermath)
Belligerents
Denmark–Norway	Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Frederik of Hesse	Anders Skjöldebrand; Bror Cederström
Strength
1,000 cavalry; 2,000–3,000 infantry	900 cavalry
Casualties and losses
120–300 killed, wounded and captured; 3 guns	21 killed; 55 wounded; 128 horses
	Location within Europe

German campaign
Napoleon: 3-4-9-16-17

180km
112miles

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Hamburg

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Sehested

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Hanau

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Leipzig

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Wartenburg

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Katzbach

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Danzig

The Battle of Bornhöved or Bornhöft took place on 7 December 1813 between a Swedish cavalry regiment, Mörner's Hussar Regiment (later Kronprinsens husarregemente or Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment) under Bror Cederström and Prince Frederik of Hesse's Danish troops reinforced by smaller numbers of Polish cavalry and German infantry. The clash occurred at the small village of Bornhöft in what is now Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. The engagement occurred during the War of the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars, and was one of the last times Swedish and Danish forces met on the battlefield.