Battle of Nyborg

Battle of Nyborg
Part of the Second Northern War

Battle of Nyborg depicted by Willem Swidde
Date14 November 1659
Location
Nyborg, Denmark
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway
Brandenburg-Prussia
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Sweden Philip Florinus of Sulzbach
Sweden Gustaf Otto Stenbock		 Denmark–Norway Hans Schack
Holy Roman Empire Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Stefan Czarniecki
Dutch Republic Michiel de Ruyter
Strength
5,000[1]–7,000[2] 9,000[3]–11,200[4]
Casualties and losses
2,000 killed,
3,000 or more captured the day after[1]		 1,900 killed and wounded[3]

The Battle of Nyborg took place between Sweden and the combined forces of Denmark, Dutch naval forces under Michiel de Ruyter, troops of Brandenburg-Prussia, and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under Stefan Czarniecki. The battle was engaged on 14 November 1659 at Nyborg on the Danish island of Funen. Nyborg was the final major battle of the Dano-Swedish War of 1658 to 1660.

Swedish Imperial field marshal Philip Florinus of Sulzbach, leading the vanquished Swedish forces, was forced to save his own life by fleeing under cover of night. The battle is considered one of the most important Danish victories of the war.[5]

  1. ^ a b Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson, Carl Fredrik Ernst Carlson. Carl X Gustaf. P.A. Norstedt, 1855. p. 420
  2. ^ Bruijn 2011, p. 158.
  3. ^ a b Claes–Göran Isacsson. Karl X Gustavs krig: Fälttågen i Polen, Tyskland, Baltikum, Danmark och Sverige 1655-1660. Svenska Historiska Media Förlag AB, 2015. pp. 252–253
  4. ^ Tersmeden 1964, p. 111.
  5. ^ "Karl 10. Gustav" (in Danish). Europas stormaget - historie og krige. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-06-23.