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Battle of Isted
| Battle of Isted | |||||||
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| Part of The First Schleswig War | |||||||
 The Battle of Isted by Niels Simonsen | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Schleswig-Holstein |
 Denmark | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Karl Wilhelm von Willisen |
Gerhard Christoph von Krogh Friderich Adolph Schleppegrell † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 26,800[1] | 37,000[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2,808 killed, wounded or captured[1] | 3,615 killed, wounded or captured[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Isted (Danish: Slaget på Isted Hede; German: Die Schlacht bei Idstedt) took place on 25 July 1850 near the village of Idstedt (Danish: Isted), in what is today Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The battle was part of the First Schleswig War, and is the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Danes won the battle. [2]
The battle began early in the morning at around 2:00 and lasted until 19:00. The Danish took 1,072 unwounded and 411 wounded prisoners. The Danish victory failed to break the Schleswig-Holsteinian army and the war continued until 1851.[3]
The Isted Lion commemorates the battle, which was at its time the largest in Scandinavian history. The battle's anniversary, 25 July, is a military flag day in Denmark.[4]
N. F. S. Grundtvig's song "Det var en sommermorgen" ("It was a summer morning") touches on the battle of Isted.[3]
- ^ a b c d "SLAGET VED ISTED, 25. JULI 1850". danmarkshistorien.dk. University of Aarhus.
- ^ Stenild, Jesper. "Slaget ved Isted". Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ a b Ronnebech, Erik F. "Istedslaget". Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "Flag Days of July". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
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