Battle of Warksow | |||||||
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Part of Scanian War | |||||||
Battle of Warksow | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Swedish Empire |
Denmark-Norway Brandenburg-Prussia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck |
Detlef von Rumohr † Colonel von Hülsen | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,500:[1] 2,000 cavalry |
4,670:[2] 1,770 cavalry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
About 170 killed and wounded[3] |
4,000:[4] 3,600 captured |
The Battle of Warksow took place on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen on 8 January (O.S.)/18 January(N.S.)1678 during the Swedish-Brandenburg War. In the battle Swedish forces defeated an allied army composed mainly of Danes supported by a smaller contingent of Brandenburg and Hesse-Cassel troops.
The Swedes were able to muster some 3,500 men for the battle,[1] including 2,000 cavalry.[5] The allied Danish and Brandenburg troops amounted to about 4,670 men, including a few hundred Brandenburg and Hesse-Cassel soldiers and 1,770 cavalry, as well as 16 cannon.[2]
170 Swedes lost their lives in the battle and subsequent pursuit.[3] The Danish/Brandenburg side lost 400 killed[5] and more than 3,600 captured. After the battle and in the days that followed, the entire allied force were captured or forced to follow the Swedish flag.