Battle of Axtorna | |||||||
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Part of Northern Seven Years' War | |||||||
Old danish propaganda image of the battle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sweden |
Denmark–Norway Lübeck | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jakob Henriksson Hästesko | Daniel Rantzau | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8,100 infantry 3,000 cavalry 47 artillery pieces |
6,000 infantry 1,400 cavalry 21 artillery pieces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,200–1,700 | 300–2,500 |
The Battle of Axtorna or simply Axtorna, was a battle fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark October 20, 1565 at Axtorna, a small village in what is today Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County in south-western Sweden.
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Disposition[]
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the Battle[]
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Aftermath[]
The Danish commander Daniel Rantzau had been forced to yield the fortress Varberghus to the Swedes on September 15, 1565, after they had taken Ny Varberg, then Halland's largest city. Rantzau received the news that a Swedish army of superior strength led by Jacob Henriksson Hästesko was approaching from the east forced him to move his forces toward Falkenberg. Rantzau had decided to commit to combat since the Swedish force had just arrived from its march and hadn't rearranged into a militarily cohesive unit.
The Danes won as a consequence of their superior cavarly tactic[1] and Rantzau became a renowned general after the battle and throughout the war. Despite the victory and the capture of the Swedish artillery, the Danish had suffered great losses and stayed near the battlefield for a week, while large portions of the Swedish army were intact.
References[]
- ↑ Svenska Slagfält: "Axtorna 1565: En fråga om kavalleritaktik" (2003) pp. 69-76
External links[]
The original article can be found at Battle of Axtorna and the edit history here.