Battle of Sehested
The battles of Sehested took place the December 13rd 1813 between the Prince of Frederic of Hesse and the Général Walmoden ordering a detachment of the Armée with North of Bernadotte.
The prince of Hesse, combined Napoleon not having betrayed yet, tries to return to the Denmark with the troops which remain to him, approximately 9 000 men and 34 guns. On its way, it crosses an army corps Russo - German pertaining to the Army of the North of Bernadotte. This army corps undergoes one cooking failure before letting become prince de Hesse who will join Denmark without another fixing.
Battle order
Danish army corps
Avant-garde
- Ordered by: General Lallemand
- Composition:
- Infantry: 4 battalions:
- 2nd battalion of Hunters of Schleswig
- 1st and 2nd battalions of Fusiliers of Holstein
- 1st battalion of the 3rd regiment of Jutland
- Cavalry: 6 squadrons:
- 4 squadrons of the Regiment of heavy cavalry of Holstein
- 2 squadrons of the 17th regiment of Polish lancers
- Artillery: 1 battery: Battery von Gerstenberg (8 parts of 6)
Principal body
- Ordered by: Frederic de Hesse
1st brigade
- Ordered by: Graf Schulen Burg
- Composition:
- Infantry: 4 battalion 1/2
- 1st and 4th battalions of the Regiment of Oldenbourg like 3 companies of the 2nd battalion
- 3rd and 4th battalions of the Regiment of Holstein
- Cavalry: 2 squadrons
- 2nd and 6th squadrons of the Regiment of Danish Hussards
- Artillery: 2 battery
- Battery von Gonner (8 parts of 3)
- Battery Koye (8 parts of 6)
2nd brigade
- Ordered by: Von Abercron
- Composition:
- Infantry: 2 battalions
- 1st and 2nd battalions of the Regiment of Funen