Gadebusch 1712

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Gadebusch 1712 refers to the 1712 Battle of Gadebusch, a significant engagement of the Great Northern War in which Swedish forces won a notable victory over a larger Danish-Saxon army in northern Germany.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
followedBy Capitulation of Tönning NERFINISHED
Swedish retreat into Holstein
hasAlliance Danish-Saxon coalition NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Battle of Gadebusch NERFINISHED
hasBelligerent Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED
Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
hasCampaign Stenbock’s 1712–1713 campaign in northern Germany NERFINISHED
hasCommander Jakob Heinrich von Flemming NERFINISHED
Jobst von Scholten NERFINISHED
Magnus Stenbock NERFINISHED
hasConflictType early modern European land battle
hasCountryAtTime Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
hasDanishCommanderRank Lieutenant General
hasDanishMonarchAtTime Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED
hasDate 1712-12-09
hasEra early 18th century
hasHistoricalRegion Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin NERFINISHED
hasLocation Mecklenburg NERFINISHED
near Gadebusch
northern Germany
hasOpposingForceSize Danish-Saxon army larger than Swedish army
hasOutcome Swedish victory
hasPrimaryCombatArm artillery
cavalry
infantry
hasResult decisive Swedish tactical victory
hasSaxonCommanderRank Field Marshal
hasSaxonElectorAtTime Augustus II the Strong NERFINISHED
hasSignificance demonstrated continued effectiveness of Swedish Carolean tactics
last major field victory of the Swedish army in the Great Northern War
hasSwedishCommander Field Marshal Magnus Stenbock NERFINISHED
hasSwedishCommanderRank Field Marshal
hasSwedishMonarchAtTime Charles XII of Sweden NERFINISHED
hasTacticalFeature Swedish oblique attack
use of concentrated artillery fire
hasTerrain open fields
partly marshy ground
hasTheater northern German theater of the Great Northern War
hasYear 1712
partOf Great Northern War NERFINISHED
precededBy Battle of Poltava NERFINISHED
tookPlaceNear Lübeck NERFINISHED
Wismar NERFINISHED

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Battle of Gadebusch alsoKnownAs Gadebusch 1712