Battle of Sehested

Battle of Sehested
	Part of the Dano-Swedish War of 1813–1814
	; Slaget ved Sehested, by Jørgen Sonne
Date	10 December 1813
Location	Sehested, Holstein54°22′00″N 9°49′00″E / 54.3667°N 9.8167°E
Result	Danish victory
Belligerents
Denmark–Norway	Russia ; Hanover ; Mecklenburg-Schwerin ; Anhalt-Dessau ; Bremen-Verden ; United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Prince Frederik of Hesse ; François Antoine Lallemand	Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn
Strength
9,000–11,000 men	10,000–10,500 men; Bodart: 4,000
Casualties and losses
50–69 killed; 273–319 wounded; 146 missing; Total: 500	522 killed or wounded; 600 captured; Total: 1,100
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The Battle of Sehested was fought on 10 December 1813 during the Dano-Swedish War of 1813–1814 between a Danish army under Prince Frederik of Hesse and a Coalition force led by Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn. Near Sehested, Holstein, Frederik's troops defeated the Coalition army, inflicting over 1,100 casualties on von Wallmoden-Gimborn's force while suffering only 500. However, this victory did not prevent the Coalition from emerging victorious in the conflict in 1814.