The Landing on Groß Stresow by an anti-Swedish coalition Prussian, Norwegian, Danish and Saxon troops took place on 15 November 1715 on the island of Rügen during the Great Northern War. At the time, Rügen (nowadays part of Germany) was a possession of the Swedish Empire, the opponent of the coalition forces. The landing was followed with cavalry assaults from the Swedish defences on the island, commanded by Charles XII king of Sweden who despite the huge numerical disadvantage of - one up against five - chose to attack the fortified camp. The Swedes managed to get past the "Cheval de frise" and break through, but were then rapidly repulsed and routed after taking heavy casualties. The attack was supposed to work like a needle-manoeuvre: "concentrate the full attack at one point, break through and then destroy the defences from the inside", used by the Swedes fifteen years earlier in the battle of Narva, where they were greatly successful and victorious. The battle had lasted for almost an hour and Charles suffered a bullet wound to his chest, while his horse was shot and killed. Nils Krister von Baumgarten gave his horse to Charles XII, thus allowing the Swedish king to get away. About five hundred Swedes were either dead or wounded along with all their artillery captured. The allied casualties were: 43 dead and 121 wounded Danes 36 Saxons and 49 Prussians dead or wounded. This was probably the first notable Swedish field-battle defeat led directly by Charles XII. With the landing secured the alliance continued fighting off the last remaining Swedes on the island of Rügen and later joined up with the troops laying siege to Stralsund. After the battle, Charles purportedly said: "Is there no god beside me?".
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Battle of Stresow, Poul Ib Liebe