Stralsund, Blockade of
1757 CE to 1758 CE
The Blockade of Stralsund occurs during the Seven Years' War when a Prussian force invests the Swedish garrison of Stralsund, the capital of Swedish Pomerania.
Rather than lay formal siege to the port, the Prussians cut it off by land and blockade it.
They are unable to cut it off by sea, owing to a lack of a Prussian fleet, and eventually the blockade is abandoned when the bulk of Prussian forces are withdrawn to fight in other theaters.
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The Swedish army sent to Germany is sufficient only for taking possession of what had already been conquered by the Allies, but made the all necessary preparations to go on the offensive despite not having the necessary funds.
The army's very premise, to suppress Frederick, is found to be false—on being notified of the Prussian king's victory at Rossbach on November 5, 1757, the Swedish commander Marshal Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg dares not obey the orders from his government and the French agent Marc René de Montalembert to lead his ill-equipped army in a march on Berlin, instead returning in November 1757 to Swedish Pomerania, where the Swedes are being besieged by the Prussians at Stralsund and ...
The army's very premise, to suppress Frederick, is found to be false—on being notified of the Prussian king's victory at Rossbach on November 5, 1757, the Swedish commander Marshal Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg dares not obey the orders from his government and the French agent Marc René de Montalembert to lead his ill-equipped army in a march on Berlin, instead returning in November 1757 to Swedish Pomerania, where the Swedes are being besieged by the Prussians at Stralsund and ...
...Rügen.
Frederick, calculating that no further Russian advance is likely until 1758, has moved the bulk of his eastern forces to Pomerania under the command of Marshal Lehwaldt, where they are to repel the Swedish invasion.
In short order, the Prussian army drives the Swedes back, occupies most of Swedish Pomerania, and blockades its capital Stralsund.
George II, on the advice of his British ministers, has revoked the Convention of Klosterzeven and Hanover has reentered the war.
Von Ungern-Sternberg relinquishes command on December 21, 1757 to Gustaf von Rosen, but von Rosen too is forced to lie idle, blockaded by the Prussians under Lehwaldt's command.
In short order, the Prussian army drives the Swedes back, occupies most of Swedish Pomerania, and blockades its capital Stralsund.
George II, on the advice of his British ministers, has revoked the Convention of Klosterzeven and Hanover has reentered the war.
Von Ungern-Sternberg relinquishes command on December 21, 1757 to Gustaf von Rosen, but von Rosen too is forced to lie idle, blockaded by the Prussians under Lehwaldt's command.