Battle of Reinbek

Battle of Reinbek
Part of the Great Northern War

The Swedish commander Nils Gyllenstierna
DateMay 19, 1700 (O.S.)
May 20, 1700 (Swedish calendar)
May 30, 1700 (N.S.)
Location
Result Swedish-Lüneburgian victory
Belligerents
 Swedish Empire
Brunswick-Lüneburg
Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Swedish Empire Nils Gyllenstierna Denmark–Norway Carl Rudolf
Strength
5,000–7,000 men,
4 cannons
2,000 men,
4 cannons
Casualties and losses
~10

The Battle of Reinbek or Skirmish of Reinbek on May 30, 1700 was a small engagement at the river of Bille near Reinbek in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, as a consequence of the Danish invasion of Holstein-Gottorp, earlier that year.


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