Battle of Siek
Colonel Bonniche Bonnichsen is killed in action against Russian Cossacks
| date | December 6, 1813 |
|---|---|
| place | Siek (Holstein) , then Denmark |
| output | Allied victory |
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| Troop strength | |
| Jutian dragoons | Russian Cossacks |
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Spring campaign 1813
Lüneburg - Möckern - Halle - Großgörschen - Gersdorf - Bautzen - Reichenbach - Nettelnburg - Haynau - Luckau
Autumn campaign 1813
Großbeeren - Katzbach - Dresden - Hagelberg - Kulm - Dennewitz - Göhrde - Altenburg - Wittenberg - Wartenburg - Liebertwolkwitz - Leipzig - Torgau - Hanau - Hochheim - Danzig
Winter campaign 1814
Épinal - Colombey - Brienne - La Rothière - Champaubert - Montmirail - Château-Thierry - Vauchamps - Mormant - Montereau - Bar-sur-Aube - Soissons - Craonne - Laon - Reims - Arcis-sur-Aube - Fère-Champenoise - Saint -Dizier - Claye - Villeparisis - Paris
Summer campaign of 1815
Quatre-Bras - Ligny - Waterloo - Wavre - Paris
The Battle of Siek or Battle of Alt-Rahlstedt was a battle during the Wars of Liberation near the Stormarn village of Siek .
During the autumn campaign of 1813 , Russian-Prussian troops advanced against the French-occupied Hamburg . Russian Cossacks and Danish dragoons fighting on the French side met at Siek.
The battle was remembered by the Danish Colonel Bonniche Bonnichsen. At the end of the battle, he was unable to flee because of his exhausted horse and turned down a trumpeter's offer to use his horse to flee. Bonnichsen did not survive the battle, but is said to have been buried with full military honors by the opposing Prussian-Russian troops after the battle .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lübecker Nachrichten of May 18, 2018 Norbert Dreessen: "Hope for a life without war", accessed on March 28, 2019
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt of November 29, 2013 Alexandra Schulz: "Siek remembers the bloody battle 200 years ago", accessed on March 28, 2019
- ↑ Stormarner Tageblatt of December 9, 2013 never: "Friendship instead of bitter struggle - memorial hour in Siek commemorates battle of world historical importance, accessed on March 28, 2019