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The Second Battle of Copenhagen (or the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 7 September 1807) was a British bombardment of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, in order to capture or destroy the Dano-Norwegian fleet during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Battle of Copenhagen of 1801 (Danish: Slaget på Reden, meaning "the battle of the roadstead [of Copenhagen Harbour]"), also known as the First Battle of Copenhagen to distinguish it from the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, was a naval battle in which a British fleet fought and defeated a smaller force of the Dano-Norwegian Navy ...
This list of songs about Copenhagen is a list of songs about Copenhagen, Denmark. Victor Cornelius and Carl Viggo Meincke - København, København. Kai Normann Andersen - Er København den samme som den var engang? Danny Kaye - Wonderful Copenhagen (1952) [1] Håkan Hellström - Jag har varit i alla städer; Elga Olga - Solitudevej (1953)
However, the term is of less value in this regard, as Copenhagen was the scene of another battle six years earlier, when under similar circumstances the Royal Navy attacked a Danish fleet lying at anchor, sinking three Danish ships and capturing twelve. In the bombardment of 1807, the city itself was bombarded by the British Army to force the ...
Battle of Copenhagen (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Siege of Copenhagen .
The Second Battle of Copenhagen (or the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 5 September 1807) was a British preemptive attack on Copenhagen, targeting the civilian population in order to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet. [18] [20] [23] The British landed 30,000 man and surrounded Copenhagen.
1807. Triton was fetched from Christiansand to Copenhagen [15] (see Jørgen Conrad de Falsen) and captained by Carl Adolf Roth [16] in May 1807, not long before the Battle of Copenhagen where she was seized, along with the rest of the fleet, by the British but abandoned and burnt on Saltholm or nearby Swedish coast. [1]
Assault on Copenhagen (1659), a major battle during the Second Northern War, taking place during the siege of Copenhagen by the Swedish army. Battle of Copenhagen (1801), a naval battle between a British fleet and the Dano-Norwegian Navy; Battle of Copenhagen (1807), a British bombardment of Copenhagen to capture or destroy the Dano-Norwegian fleet