Battle of Stralsund | |||||||
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Part of Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 Franco-Swedish War | |||||||
![]() Schill's death at Stralsund, by Friedrich Hohe | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
990 Prussians 500 Swedes[1] | 5,270[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300–400 killed and wounded 568 captured[2] | 241 killed and wounded[2] |
The Battle of Stralsund took place on 31 May 1809 during the Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 and the Franco-Swedish War, part of the Napoleonic Wars, between Ferdinand von Schill's freikorps and Napoleonic forces in Stralsund. In a "vicious street battle", the freikorps was defeated and Schill was killed in action.[3]