Battle of Stralsund (1809)

Battle of Stralsund
Part of Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 Franco-Swedish War
Schill's death at Stralsund, by Friedrich Hohe
Date 31 May 1809 Location Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania 54°18′33″N 13°04′55″E / 54.30917°N 13.08194°E / 54.30917; 13.08194 Result French victory
Belligerents
Prussian Freikorps Swedish landwehr and militia	France Danish auxiliaries Dutch auxiliaries
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand von Schill  † Friedrich Gustav von Petersson	Pierre Guillaume Gratien Johann von Ewald
Strength
990 Prussians 500 Swedes[1]	5,270[2]
Casualties and losses
300–400 killed and wounded 568 captured[2]	241 killed and wounded[2]

Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809:
Rebellion Stralsund

200km
125miles

Stralsund

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The color black indicates the current battle.

The Battle of Stralsund took place on 31 May 1809 during the Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 and the Franco-Swedish War, part of the Napoleonic Wars, between Ferdinand von Schill's freikorps and Napoleonic forces in Stralsund. In a "vicious street battle", the freikorps was defeated and Schill was killed in action.^[3]