Draft:Battle of Borst
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| Battle of Borst | |||||||
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| Part of the Torstenson War | |||||||
 Memorial plaque of the battle, which commemorates the peasants who died in the battle. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Swedish Empire |
 Denmark–Norway | ||||||
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Hans Wachtmeister | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Two cavalry squadrons | Unknown | ||||||
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300 cavalry 2 guns |
500 men 2 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minimal |
500 killed 2 guns captured | ||||||
The battle of Borst[a] occurred on March 25, 1644 during the Torstenson War at Borstbäcken and resulted in a Swedish victory. Nearly all of the 500 Scanian Snapphane were massacred during the battle.
Background
[edit]On February 14, 1644, a Swedish army of around 10,600[1] men under Gustaf Horn crossed the Scanian border at Tranarp. The invasion coincided with Swedish invasions of Jämtland and Jutland. All of these offensives were part of a preemptive invasion of Denmark-Norway planned by Axel Oxenstierna.
Prelude
[edit]When the Swedes crossed the border they met little resistance from Danish Governor, Ebbe Ulfeldt. Horn quickly captured Helsingborg and Lund, the latter became the Swedish headquarters, and later besieged Landskrona and Laholm.[2]
With too few men, Ulfeldt organized the local Scanian peasantry into militia to defend their home region and disrupt the Swedish supply lines.[3] Many of the Scanians were poorly equipped and mainly relied on guerrilla tactics. In response the Swedes sent several sorties from Lund against these Snapphane.
In march, Major General Hans Wachtmeister and a force comprising two cavalry squadrons totaling 300 men and two twelve-pound guns[4], moved out from Lund. His objective was to procure fodder and provisions from the Övedskloster and Bjärsjölagård Estates.[3]
Upon hearing the news of the Swedish sortie, around 500 peasants from the Färs District were gathered. Additionally two three-pound guns from Övedskloster were brought.[3][4]
Battle
[edit]Aftermath
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Swedish: Slaget vid Borst; Danish: Slaget vid Borst
Citations
[edit]- ↑ von Essen 2020, p. 104.
- ↑ von Essen 2020, pp. 104–106.
- 1 2 3 "1644 Slaget vid Borst". Svenska Militära Minnesmärken. 2016.
- 1 2 Bäckström 2018, p. 155.
References
[edit]- Knarrström, Bo; Svensson, Håkan; Olsson, Jesper (2006). Borst 1644: Skånska bönder mot svenskt kavalleri [Borst 1644: Scanian peasants against Swedish cavalry] (in Swedish). Lund: Swedish National Heritage Board.
- Svensson, Håkan; Knarrström, Bo; Olsson, Jesper (2007). Åter till Borst [Back to Borst] (PDF) (in Swedish). Contributions from Bengt Nilsson. Lund: Swedish National Heritage Board. ISSN 1104-7526.
- Svenson, Håkan. Careili, Peter; Jeppsson, Gert; Larsson, Göran; Skansjö, Sten; Ulfsparre, Anna Christina (eds.). "Slagfältsarkeologi" [Battlefield archaeology] (PDF). Historisk tidskrift för Skåne, Halland och Blekinge (in Swedish). 2. De skånska landskapens historiska och arkeologiska förening.
- Persson, Evert. Careili, Peter; Jeppsson, Gert; Larsson, Göran; Skansjö, Sten; Ulfsparre, Anna Christina (eds.). "Slaget vid Borst 1644" [Battle of Borst 1644] (PDF). Historisk tidskrift för Skåne, Halland och Blekinge (in Swedish). 2. De skånska landskapens historiska och arkeologiska förening.
- "1644 Slaget vid Borst". Svenska Militära Minnesmärken. 2016.
- Bäckström, Olli (2018). Katajala, Kimmo; Hirvonen, Helena (eds.). Snapphanar and Power States: Insurgency and the Transformation of War in Sweden and Denmark 1643–1645. Joensuu: University of Eastern Finland. ISBN 9789526129020.
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