Battle of Isted

Battle of Isted
Part of he First Schleswig War
General Frederik Adolf Schleppegrell ved Isted 25 juli 1850 by Otto Bache (1896)
Date 25 July 1850 Location Isted, Denmark Result Decisive Danish victory
Belligerents
Schleswig-Holstein	Denmark
Commanders and leaders
Karl Wilhelm von Willisen	Gerhard Christoph von Krogh
Strength
26 800 [1]	37 000
Casualties and losses
534 dead, 1202 wounded	845 dead, 2405 wounded

The Battle of Isted took place on 25 July 1850 near the village of Idstedt, today Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The battle was part of the First Schleswig War.^[2]

The battle began early in the morning at around 2:00 and lasted until 19:00. The Danish took 1072 unwounded and 411 wounded prisoners. The Danish victory broke the Holstein army for good.^[3]

The Isted Lion commemorates the battle, which was at its time the largest in Scandinavian history. The battle's anniversary, 25 July, is a military flag day in Denmark.^[4]

N. F. S. Grundtvig's song "Det var en sommermorgen" ("It was a summer morning") touches on the battle of Isted.^[3]

References

1. "Slaget ved Isted (25/7 1850)". Retrieved 2008-07-21.
2. Stenild, Jesper. "Slaget ved Isted". Retrieved 2008-07-18.
3. Ronnebech, Erik F. "Istedslaget". Retrieved 2008-07-21.
4. "Flag Days of July". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-18.