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воскресенье, 12 мая 2019 г.

Danish troops sent to United Provinces 1674

In 1674 Denmark agreed to provide a Corps to support United Provinces in the war against France. it composed of the following troops:

Source: Tweejaerige geschiedenissen, voorgevallen in de jaeren MDCLXXIV en MDCLXXV... S. 163

вторник, 27 марта 2018 г.

Danish history of GNW (Bidrag Til Den Store Nordiske Krigs Historie) is available on-line

Famous 10-volumes research "Bidrag Til Den Store Krigs Historie" by Danish Generalstaben is now available on-line (link). It contains the detailed account of Danish participation in the Great Northern war 1700-1721:
Bind 1: Kong Frederik IV’s første kamp om Sønderjylland. Krigen 1700
Bind 2: Felttoget i Skaane 1709-1710
Bind 3: Felttogene i Nordtyskland og Baahuslen – I Østersøen og Kattegat 1710-1712
Bind 4: De Nordiske Allieredes Kamp Med Magnus Stenbock 1712-1713
Bind 5: Kampen om Tønning 1713-1714 og Stenbocks hær i dansk fangenskab 1713-1719
Bind 6: Den store koalition mod Sverig af 1715
Bind 7: Erobringen af Sveriges tyske provinser 1715-1716
Bind 8: Carl XII i Norge. Peter I i Danmark. 1716
Bind 9: Norges forsvar 1717-1718
Bind 10: Krigens Afslutning 1719-1720

понедельник, 7 апреля 2014 г.

Uniforms of the Reich Armee in 1734-35, part 7: Danish Auxiliary Corps

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Denmark agreed to provide an Auxiliary Corps of 6,000 (4,000 of infantry & 2,000 of cavalry) men. The treaty was signed on 26 May of 1732, the additional convention - on 11 Nov. 1732. The Corps under General-Lieutenant von Morner was formed in spring of 1734 & joined the Kreis army on Rhine in the end of June 1734.
Generalstab 144 men, 314 horses
Infantry:

  • Dombroick, 2013 men
  • Scholten, 2014 men 

вторник, 4 сентября 2012 г.

суббота, 11 августа 2012 г.

Danish army in 1657


Dan Schorr recommended me a great source about Danish-Swedish war of 1657-1658: Carlbom, Johan Levin. Karl X Gustav, fran Weichseln till Balt, 1657; taget över Bält och freden i Roskilde, 1658 ... 250-ariga krigs- och segerminnen. Stockholm, Fahlcrantz' boktryckeri, 1910. It contains a part about Danish army at the start of the conflict.
Below is a table of Danish regiments & their strength in 1657 basing on Carlbom’s data (pp. 55-61). It may contain errors because of my poor Swedish.

Troop
Coys
Strength
Rytteri


Kay Lykkes (kungens livreg. till häst)
10
1,000
Jens v. Hadersleben
12
1,250
Frans Brockenhuus (drottningens livreg. till häst)
8
800
Axel Urups
nd
nd
Trampe
nd
nd
Skanska rasstjansten bataljon
4
nd
Kristoffer Huass
6
600
Friedrich v. Buchwald rytteribataljon
4
350
Sten Billes (riksmarskens livreg. ryttare)
10
1,100
Hans Rantzau
6
600
Ditlev Ahlefeldt
6
600
Hinrich Ahlefeldt
6
600
Henrik Sehested
6
650
Dragoner


Niels Krabbe (riksmarskens livreg. dragoner)
12
1,000
Ulrik Kristian Gyldenlöves
nd
nd
Knut Ulfeldts dragonbataljon
nd
nd
Fotfolk


Själländskafotreg.
22
nd
Joachim v. Bredow
8
nd
Skanska fotreg.
24
nd
Skanska adelns fotfolkskompanier
1
nd
Jutska reg. o. adelsbrigaden
14
2,300
Jutska adelns 4 fotfolkskompanier
4
800
Kjeld Lange
10
800
Kristian Frii (rigafalttymastaren)
nd
nd
Knut Uifeldts
nd
nd
Henrik Lindenov
nd
nd
Gunde Rosenkrand
10
800
Eckerich Johan Lubbe
10
900
Ditlev Brockdorff
10
700
Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenlöve (kungens livreg. till fot)
10
800

четверг, 2 августа 2012 г.

понедельник, 30 июля 2012 г.

Danish army in 1700. Cavalry

The source is: Bidrag til den Store Nordiske Krigs Historie. Dansk Generalstaben. B. 1. Kobenhavn, 1900. S. 89-92

Cavalry troops organisation & structure (S. 89 & 92)
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Cavalry troops commanders & locations (S. 92):
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воскресенье, 29 июля 2012 г.

Danish army in 1700. Infantry

The source is: Bidrag til den Store Nordiske Krigs Historie. Dansk Generalstaben. B. 1. Kobenhavn, 1900. S. 

Commanding officers (S. 88):
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Infantry structure & organisation (S. 88-89):
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суббота, 28 июля 2012 г.

Danish-Norwegian fleet in 1700

The source is: Bidrag til den Store Nordiske Krigs Historie. Dansk Generalstaben. B. 1. Kobenhavn, 1900. S. 217-223

Commanding officers (S. 203):
General-Admiral Jens Juel
General-Admiral-Lojtnant Ulrik Chistian Gyldenlove
Admiraler (3): Frederik Ejler Gjedde, Matthias Paulsen, Christopher Ernst v. Stocken
Viceadmiraler -
Schoutbynachter (2): Johan Schinkel, Christian Wibe

Danish High-Sea Fleet at the beginning of the Scanian war 1675-1679 (S. 217-218):
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Swedish ships taken by Danes during the Scanian war (S. 218)):

суббота, 25 февраля 2012 г.

Siege of Bohus by Danish-Norwegian forces, June-July 1678


Den norsk-danska belägringen av Bohus fästning 1678
Drawing by E. Dahlberg, 1678
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Swedish garrison of Bohus numbered about 900 men under colonel of Skaraborg regiment Fredrich von Börstel. His second in command was lieutenant-colonel Carl Gustav Frölich. Fortress artillery was 43 cannons & 3 mortars. The siege opened on 4 June 1678. In mid of July arrived Swedish army under Gustav Stenbock & forced to lift the siege on 18 July 1678.

 Danish-Norwegian army
Commanding officer: Ulrich Fredik Gyldenlöwe, Viceroy of Norway
Commander of Danish contingent: GL. Giesse,
Karta över Bohus med omgivningar
efter den belägringen 1678
Drawing by K. Classon, 1678
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Norwegian infantry, GM Degenfeldt (10 batts)
- Rochlenges reg. (1)
- Coucherons reg. (1)
- Marine reg. (2)
- Trondhjelm reg. (2)
- Bergenhus reg. (1)
- Opland reg. (1)
- Smålenske reg. (1)
- Akershus reg. (1)

Norwegian cavalry, GM Duncan (8 coys of cavalry & dragoons)

Danish cavalry, GMs Lewetzou
- 1 Jyske Nationale Rytteregiment (Col. Schwanwedel)
- 2 Jyske Nationale Rytterregiment (Col. Bibou or Bibow)
- 3 Jyske Nationale Rytteregiment (Col. Styrch)
- 4 Jyske Nationale Rytteregiment (Col. Holstein)


Danish infantry, GM Schack (8 batts)
-Dronningens Livregiment (3 batts, Col. Schulenburg)
- Prins Frederiks Regiment (2 batts, Col Meldrom)
- Prins Christians Regiment (2 batts, Col. Ellenberg).
- Kongens Livregiment (1 bat., Lt-Col. Schultz)

Siege artillery
- 8 12-pdr cannons,
- 8 18-pdr cannons
- 10 24-pdr cannons
- 10 100-pdr mortars,
- 5 75-pdr mortars
- 5 50-pdr mortars
Siege artillery was served by 400 Danish artillerymen.