When did Battle of Tornow take place?

Battle of Tornow took place in 1758, Scotland. Swedish victory.

Who won Battle of Tornow?

Swedish was victorious. Swedish victory.

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Battle of Tornow

1758

Scotland

Era

modern

Battle Type

Pitched Battle

Location

Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Combatants

Who Fought

Victor

Swedish

Outcome

Swedish victory.

The Battle

History & Significance

The Battle of Tornow was fought between the forces of Prussia and Sweden on 26 September 1758 during the Seven Years' War, near modern-day Fürstenberg/Havel (then called Tornow, in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz).

Prussian commander Carl Heinrich von Wedel ordered an attack on the Swedish position at Tornow. His cavalry, the 3rd Hussars, were successful in driving off the Swedish horse but the Swedish infantry weathered six assaults by the Prussians and a probe towards Fehrbellin was pushed back. Wedel withdrew from the field, granting the Swedish army a rare victory in the campaign. Casualties were 153 men on the Prussian side and 162 men on the Swedish side. The Swedes evacuated their forward posts in the area in the aftermath of the battle, considering them too exposed to Prussian attack.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Tornow lies on Proterozoic I gneiss, bedrock that formed in the Mesoproterozoic. The rock here is gneiss; undifferentiated metamorphic.

Casualties & Losses

Prussia: 153 men
Sweden: 162 men

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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Tornow

Cnoc na Croich, chambered cairn

Scheduled monument · Neolithic · ~0.5 mi

Cnoc na Croich is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Ross-shire, Scotland. Like other monuments of this type, it was constructed during the Neolithic period as a communal burial structure, with a stone-built chamber covered by a substantial cairn of accumulated stones and earth. The site is s…

Arnish Point,gun emplacements

Scheduled monument · ~1.4 mi

Arnish Point gun emplacements is a coastal defence fortification located on the Cromarty Firth in Ross-shire, Scotland. The site occupies rocky terrain underlain by ancient Proterozoic gneiss, metamorphic bedrock formed during the Mesoproterozoic era over a billion years ago. This hard, fractured…

Loch an Duna,dun,North Lochs

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~4.6 mi

Loch an Duna is an Iron Age dun located in North Lochs, Ross-shire. The structure occupies ground underlain by fault zone rocks of mylonitic and brecciated character, evidence of ancient geological disturbance that would have shaped the landscape visible to its Iron Age inhabitants. The site is p…

Chicken Head,chapel 600m E of

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~5.6 mi

Chicken Head is a medieval chapel located in Ross-shire, Scotland, standing on bedrock of Proterozoic gneiss formed during the Mesoproterozoic era. The ancient metamorphic foundations upon which the chapel was built are amongst the oldest rocks in Britain, providing a geological anchor stretching…

Dun Mor,dun,Garrabost

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~5.6 mi

Dun Mor is a Iron Age dun located at Garrabost in Ross-shire, Scotland. This small fortified settlement represents the domestic architecture of the northern Scottish Highlands during the pre-Roman Iron Age, a period when such defensive structures served as the residences of local elites and their…

Clach Stein,fallen standing stone,Lower Bayble

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~5.7 mi

Clach Stein is a fallen standing stone located in Lower Bayble, Ross-shire, Scotland. Dating to the Bronze Age, it represents a significant example of the monumental stone-setting tradition that flourished across Scotland during this period. The stone now lies horizontal on ground underlain by an…

Loch Arnish,dun

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~1.5 miles

Rubha Shilldinish,promontory fort and homestead

Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.3 miles

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