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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.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Siege of Copenhagen may refer to: ... Siege of Copenhagen (1658) Battle of Copenhagen (1807), in which Copenhagen was also besieged ...
The story is set in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. Second Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is sent to Copenhagen in 1807 with the job of protecting a nobleman on a secret mission. Sharpe soon discovers that his task is complicated by traitors, spies and the bombardment of Copenhagen .
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
This began a series of five prequel books, closing with Sharpe's Prey (2003) which depicts the Siege of Copenhagen in 1807. Between 2003 and 2007, Cornwell wrote three novels set between Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Battle. He returned to the series in 2021 and has written three additional novels, set between Sharpe's Company and Sharpe's Devil.
The gift was sent on a ship in 1807 and intended for Copenhagen, Denmark. It never arrived. Instead, the unopened package ended up in an archive in London, the U.K.’s National Archives said in a ...
Alacrity was commissioned in February 1807 under Commander William Croft for the Baltic Station. [2] On 22 August Alacrity and Sybille captured the Danish merchant vessel Elizabeth. [3] She was then at the siege of Copenhagen. In September, Commander Nisbit Palmer assumed command, [2] replacing Croft, who received promotion to post-captain in ...
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