Battle of Lundby | |||||||
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Part of the Second Schleswig War | |||||||
Illustration of the Battle of Lundby by Captain F. C. Schiøtt | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Prussia | Denmark | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Capt. von Schlutterbach | Lt-Col. H. C. J. Beck | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
1st Company, Niederschlesisches Infanterieregiment 50 | 5th Company, 1st Regiment | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
124 men | 160 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 wounded |
32 killed 44 wounded 20 captured 2 missing Total: 98 |
The Battle of Lundby happened south of Lundby in northeast Himmerland on the 3 July 1864 in the Second War of Schleswig. A Danish company of the First Regiment tried a head-on bayonet charge down a long hillside, but was stopped 20 meters in front of the earth dike that the Prussians lay in cover behind. It was the last battle in the Second Schleswig War, and resulted in great Danish losses.