The siege of Stralsund lasted from 24 July to 24 August, 1807, and saw troops from the
First French Empire
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twice attempt to capture the port city from
Lieutenant General
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Hans Henric von Essen
Count Hans Henric von Essen (26 September 1755 – 28 June 1824) was a Swedish officer, courtier and statesman.
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Hans Henric von Essen was born at Kavlås Castle in Tidaholm Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. He was a m ...
's 15,000-man Swedish garrison. Early that year,
Marshal
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blockaded the city for two months before he was called elsewhere. In his absence, the Swedes drove back the inferior blockading force. After Mortier returned and pushed Essen's troops back in turn, the two sides quickly concluded an armistice. The truce was later repudiated by King
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland.
The occupation of Finland in 1808–09 ...
, and Marshal
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune
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Bru ...
then led 40,000 French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch soldiers against the fortress. Fearfully outnumbered, the Swedes abandoned the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
port of
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...
to the Franco-Allies in the action during the
War of the Fourth Coalition
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, part of the
Napoleonic Wars
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. As a consequence, Sweden also lost the nearby island of
Rügen
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.
Prelude
Sweden was established in
Stralsund
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since the
Battle of Stralsund (1628)
The siege of Stralsund was a siege laid on Stralsund by Albrecht von Wallenstein's Imperial Army during the Thirty Years' War, from 13 May 1628 to 4 August 1628. Stralsund was aided by Denmark and Sweden, with considerable Scottish partic ...
, and in the rest of the
Duchy of Pomerania
The Duchy of Pomerania (german: Herzogtum Pommern; pl, Księstwo Pomorskie; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The country ha ...
since the
Treaty of Stettin (1630)
The Treaty of Stettin ( sv, Traktaten or ''Fördraget i Stettin'') or Alliance of Stettin (german: Stettiner Allianz) was the legal framework for the occupation of the Duchy of Pomerania by the Swedish Empire during the Thirty Years' War. Conclu ...
. By the
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia (german: Westfälischer Friede, ) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought pea ...
(1648) and the
Treaty of Stettin (1653)
The Treaty of Stettin (german: Grenzrezeß von Stettin) of 4 May 1653Heitz (1995), p.232 settled a dispute between Brandenburg and Sweden, who both claimed succession in the Duchy of Pomerania after the extinction of the local House of Pomerania ...
, the duchy was partitioned into a
Swedish part, including Stralsund, and a
Brandenburg-Prussian part. After minor losses in the
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679)
The Treaty or Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 19 June (OS) or 29 June (NS) 1679 was a peace treaty between France and the Electorate of Brandenburg.Asmus (2003), p.211 It restored to France's ally Sweden her dominions Bremen-Verden and Swedi ...
, Swedish Pomerania was reduced to the area north of the
Peene
The Peene () is a river in Germany.
Geography
The Westpeene, with the Ostpeene as its longer tributary, and the Kleine Peene/Teterower Peene (with a ''Peene '' without specification (or ''Nordpeene'') as its smaller and shorter affluent) flo ...
river with
Greifswald
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, Stralsund and
Rügen
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in the
Treaty of Stockholm in 1720.
When
Napoleon Bonaparte
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started to expand eastwards in the
Napoleonic Wars
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, the
Swedish Empire
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initially maintained a neutral stance. In 1805, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden entered the
War of the Third Coalition
The War of the Third Coalition)
* In French historiography, it is known as the Austrian campaign of 1805 (french: Campagne d'Autriche de 1805) or the German campaign of 1805 (french: Campagne d'Allemagne de 1805) was a European conflict spanni ...
on the anti-French side, primarily to strip Napoleon's ally
Denmark
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of
Norway
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. His Norwegian ambitions were thwarted by several military and diplomatic setbacks.
[Barton (2008), p.118]
The blockade
Stralsund
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, a port in
Swedish Pomerania
Swedish Pomerania ( sv, Svenska Pommern; german: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War, Sweden held ...
, was defended by the
Swedish
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governor Hans von Essen.
[Jacques (2006), p.973] On 28 January,
[ French forces commanded by Marshal Mortier crossed the ]Peene
The Peene () is a river in Germany.
Geography
The Westpeene, with the Ostpeene as its longer tributary, and the Kleine Peene/Teterower Peene (with a ''Peene '' without specification (or ''Nordpeene'') as its smaller and shorter affluent) flo ...
River in an attempt to impose a blockade on Stralsund. To the east, General of Division
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Charles Louis Dieudonné Grandjean's division crossed the Peene at Anklam
Anklam [], formerly known as Tanglim and Wendenburg, is a town in the Western Pomerania region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the Peene river, just 8 km from its mouth in the ''Kleines Haff'', the western ...
, driving back the Swedish outposts. To the west, General of Division Pierre Louis Dupas' division crossed the stream unopposed near Demmin
Demmin () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Demmin.
Geography
Demmin lies on the West Pomeranian plain at the confluence of the rivers ...
. On the 29th, Mortier's two divisions appeared before the port and on 30 January began the blockade.[Petre, p.264]
For the next two months, the two sides fought a number of skirmishes as the French strengthened their lines of investment. Without control of the island of Rügen
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, the French were unable to interrupt Stralsund's sea communications and were harassed by Swedish gunboats. During the blockade, one French cavalry and three infantry regiments were taken from Mortier to fight against the Russians in Poland and replaced by troops from the Kingdom of Holland
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.[
On 29 March, Mortier received orders to leave Grandjean's division to maintain the blockade and march to assist in the siege of Kolberg in Brandenburg-Prussian Pomerania.][ After Mortier left, Essen drove Grandjean's outnumbered troops from their lines. Grandjean fell back to Anklam where he was attacked again on 3 April and forced to retreat southeast to the fortress of ]Stettin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...
on the Oder
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, arriving there on the 7th. Mortier retraced his steps and by 13 April had assembled 12,000 to 13,000 men at Stettin, about the same number as Essen. In very wet weather, Mortier began pressing Essen back to Anklam.[Petre, p.265] On 16 April, Mortier defeated the Swedes in the Battle of Belling
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. The next day, Essen retreated to the north bank of the Peene.[
Beginning on 18 April, the French and Swedish forces arranged the truce of Schlatkow.][von Daniels (1863), p.214] Anxious to employ Mortier's men against the Russians and Prussians, Napoleon had authorized the marshal to make a truce with the Swedes. For their part, the Swedes were upset that England had given them very little support. By the 29th, the terms were worked out. The Swedes were to stay on the north side of the Peene. They handed over the islands of Usedom
Usedom (german: Usedom , pl, Uznam ) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea.
It is north of the Szczecin ...
and Wolin
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at the mouth of the Oder and promised not to help the Prussians at the sieges of Kolberg (Kolobrzeg) or Danzig.
The siege
King Gustav IV Adolf landed in Stralsund on 12 May, and denounced the truce on 3 July.[ By this time, the ]Treaties of Tilsit
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had just deprived Sweden of all her allies but Great Britain
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.[ Autocrat Gustav IV Adolf however viewed Napoleon as the "monster of the apocalypse" and was unwilling to compromise on his anti-French policies.
On 24 July, French Marshal ]Guillaume Brune
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Early life
Bru ...
attacked the Swedish positions on the Peene
The Peene () is a river in Germany.
Geography
The Westpeene, with the Ostpeene as its longer tributary, and the Kleine Peene/Teterower Peene (with a ''Peene '' without specification (or ''Nordpeene'') as its smaller and shorter affluent) flo ...
river[ and reoccupied the investing lines around Stralsund. Reinforced by troops from the failed siege of Kolberg, Brune massed a total of 40,000 men. His French troops included General of Division ]Jean Boudet
Jean Boudet (9 February 1769, in Bordeaux – 14 September 1809, in Moravské Budějovice, now in the Czech Republic) was a French général de division of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The campaigns in which he was invo ...
's 7-battalion French infantry division of 7,773 infantry and 200 artillerymen and General of Division Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor
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Biography
He was born in Hayingen in Lorraine. Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, Molitor joined the French revolutionary armies as a ca ...
's 8-battalion French infantry division of 8,712 infantry and 205 gunners. The Dutch contingent had General of Division Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau
Count Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendal (7 November 1760 – 29 December 1821) was a general from the Southern Netherlands, in the service of France and the Netherlands.
Life
At first destined for a career as an architect (for which he showed ...
's 11-battalion infantry division of 9,924 foot soldiers and 570 gunners, General of Division Henri Gatien Bertrand
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's 6-battalion infantry division of 3,932 infantry and 159 artillerymen, and General of Division Carteret's 5-squadron cavalry brigade of 1,112 troopers.[Smith, p.253]
Brune's Spanish allies included General Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana
Don Pedro Caro y Sureda, 3rd Marquis of La Romana (2 October 1761 – 23 January 1811) was a Spanish general of the Peninsular War.
Biography
Born at Palma de Mallorca to a family of Balearic nobility, Romana was educated in France and, upo ...
's 14 infantry battalions and 12 cavalry squadrons. This corps totalled 9,763 infantry, 2,340 cavalry, 324 gunners, and 104 sappers. General of Division Domenico Pino led a Kingdom of Italy
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division consisting of eight battalions, eight squadrons, two foot artillery batteries, and one horse artillery battery. The Grand Duchy of Baden
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It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subs ...
contributed six battalions, one squadron, and one foot artillery battery. The small German states were represented by the Grand Duchy of Würzburg
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, two battalions, Duchy of Berg
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The name of the county lives on in the modern ...
, two battalions, and Duchy of Nassau
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, three battalions.[
The 15,000 Swedish defenders included three Finnish battalions, Pommeranian ]Landwehr
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garrison troops, one battalion of the King's Household Infantry Regiment and one battalion of the ''Engelbrechten'' Infantry Regiment. There were 500 cannons in the fortress. Subordinate to Essen were Lieutenant General Armfelt, General-Major Vegesack, and General-Major Peyron.[ Gustav IV Adolf left the town on 20 August.][ Deciding that resistance was useless, the Swedes spiked the cannon and burned the gun carriages. They evacuated the port and transported the powder and shot to Rügen. During the second siege, the Franco-Allies lost 38 officers and 960 soldiers killed, wounded, missing, or died of illness. Swedish losses are unknown.][ Stralsund and Rügen were surrendered to France in the course of an armistice.][ Stralsund was handed over to the French on 24 August and Rügen on 7 September 1807.][
On 25 August, ]General of Brigade
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François Nicolas Fririon and naval Captain Peytes de Montcabrié attacked the fortified island of Dänholm
Dänholm (literally ''Danes' Isle'') is a small island on the German coast of the Baltic Sea. It is situated in the Strelasund just east of Stralsund. Both bridges linking Rügen with the mainland, Rügendamm and Rügenbrücke, run across it. Th ...
near Rügen. The 1,200-man and two-gun force comprised one battalion of the 30th Line Infantry Regiment, artillery, sappers, pontonniers, miners, and sailors of the Imperial Guard. The successful operation cost the French 15 killed and 26 wounded. The 600[Björlin (1882), p.221] to 800 Swedish defenders lost between 26[von Vegesack (1840), p.91] and 125 men in dead and wounded, while between 300[ and 517 were captured. Eight fortress guns and six field pieces also fell into French hands.][Smith, pp 253-254]
Aftermath
After Sweden was driven out of northern Germany in 1807, she became subject to attacks from Denmark-Norway and the Russian Empire
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in 1808. Military mismanagement and lack of support led to Gustav IV Adolf being arrested on 13 March 1809 in the course of an insurrection. He was deposed in May and he and his family were expelled in December after Sweden lost a third of its realm in the Treaty of Fredrikshamn
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.[
French occupation of ]Stralsund
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was temporarily interrupted when a Prussia
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n freikorps
(, "Free Corps" or "Volunteer Corps") were irregular German and other European military volunteer units, or paramilitary, that existed from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. They effectively fought as mercenary or private armies, regar ...
under Ferdinand von Schill
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Schill's rebellion ended at the Battle of ...
seized the city in May 1809, but after a few days it was recaptured in the Battle of Stralsund.[ When the ]Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
were concluded by the Congress of Vienna
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in 1815, Stralsund along with all of Swedish Pomerania
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became part of the Prussian
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Pomerania Province.
See also
*Pomerania during the Early Modern Age
Pomerania during the Early Modern Age covers the history of Pomerania in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
The name ''Pomerania'' comes from Slavic ''po more'', which means "andby the sea".
The Duchy of Pomerania was fragmented into Pomerania ...
* History of Pomerania (1806–1933)
Sources
References
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* Petre, F. Loraine. ''Napoleon's Campaign in Poland 1806-1807''. London: Lionel Leventhal Ltd., 1976 (1907).
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* Smith, Digby. ''The Napoleonic Wars Data Book.'' London: Greenhill Books, 1998.
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