Battle of Tistedalen
Part of the Swedish?Norwegian War of 1814
Tistedalen in 1826 , by Thomas Fearnley
Date 1 August 1814 Location Tistedalen , Norway 59°08′N 11°27′E  /  59.133°N 11.450°E  / 59.133; 11.450 Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Norway	Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Johan Henrik Spørck	Pehr Brandstrom
Strength
400?600	1,500
Casualties and losses
27 killed or wounded 45 captured	3 killed 13 wounded

War of the Sixth Coalition :
Swedish?Norwegian War (1814)

100km
62miles

Langnes

7

Rakkestad

6

Matrand

5

Fredrikstad

4

Lier

3

Tistedalen

Hvaler

1

  

The color black indicates the current battle.

The Battle of Tistedalen was a series of skirmishes in the Swedish?Norwegian War of 1814 , at Tistedalen , Norway .

Prelude [ edit ]

At July 30, a Swedish army under Hans Henric von Essen crossed the southern Norwegian border (among them the Regiment Royal-Suedois ). A small Norwegian force of a couple hundred men, under Johan Henrik Spørck, withdrew to an advantageous position behind the Tista , at Veden, to delay the Swedes long enough for reinforcements to arrive. Essen sent Eberhard von Vegesack to block the Norwegian fortress of Fredriksten , while a smaller force of 1,500 men under Pehr Brandstrom marched towards Spørck, in an attempt to force the crossing; ^[1] after receiving some reinforcements, Spørck's army counted between 400 and 600 men. ^{[2] [3]}

Battle [ edit ]

At 1 August, Brandstrom opened up with two cannons to force the Norwegians to retire but without result; instead he ordered a battalion of the Vastmanland Regiment to wade over the river opposite the Norwegian left flank, while other units feinted attacks elsewhere . Once across, the Vastmanland battalion launched a bayonet attack which, after two hours of fighting, drove the Norwegians away. ^[1] The Swedes had lost 3 killed and 13 wounded; ^{[2] [3]} the Norwegians had over 27 killed and wounded and 45 men captured. Essen reached Torpum the next day and there united his forces with the Swedish Crown Prince Charles John . ^[1]

Notes [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

• Gotlin, Lars Erik (1820). Anteckningar under Svenska Armeens Falttag 1813 och 1814, Volume 3 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Palmblad & C.
• Gravallius, Daniel Ehrenfried (1815). Kronprinsens af Sverige Carl Johan, falttag, aren 1813, 1814 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Direct. och Kongl. Falt-Boktryckaren.
• Angell, Henrik (1914). Syv-Aars-Krigen for 17. Mai 1807?1814 (in Norwegian). Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co.

Further reading [ edit ]

• Bjorlin, Gustaf (1893). Kriget i Norge 1814 ? efter samtidas vittnesbord framstalldt (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soners Forlag. pp. 111?114.