Battle of Tornow
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| Battle of Tornow | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Prussia |
 Sweden |
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| General von Wedel | |||||||
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| 6,000 | 600 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 800 | 100 | ||||||
The Battle of Tornow was part of the Seven Years War and was fought between the forces of Prussia and Sweden on 26 September 1758.
The Prussians sent 6,000 men, led by general Wedel to protect Berlin. Wedel attacked aggressively and let his cavalry attack a Swedish force of some 600 men at Tornow. The Swedes were fighting bravely, and fought off six assaults, but the majority of the Swedish cavalry was lost, and the Swedish infantry had to retreat before the stronger Prussian forces.
The Prussian-Swedish battles continued at the Battle of Fehrbellin (1758) on 28 September.
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Coordinates: 53°3′45″N 13°17′27″E / 53.0625°N 13.29083°E
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