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Mörner and infantry behind. But this time the
Hussars was driven back, and Mörner decided instead to make a bayonet charge. But before the Swedish troops had managed to reorganize themselves in order to make a new attack, the Norwegian forces had started to attack them in the flanks. Count Mörner then realized that they could not break through the Norwegian defense at Toverud, and he surrendered to the Norwegian Lieutenant Gregers Lund.
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The Swedes had thus come through parts of the
Norwegian defenses at Rakkestad, but soon realized that they also had to break through the troops who had entrenched themselves at Toverud. Count Mörner decided that the Hussars again would be first in line and storm the Norwegian position at Toverud with
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to reinforce Count Mörner, but at
Killingmo they encountered one of the Norwegian vanguards and chose to retreat back to Colonel Schwerin's headquarters at Haneborg. Prince Christian August had thereby managed to cut off Count Mörner and his troops from the Swedish 2nd Brigade, and by ordering two of
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Count Mörner quickly realized that the
Norwegian forces were about to encircle his troops and decided to quickly withdraw back to the main force at Haneborg. In all haste the Swedes began advancing towards the Norwegian positions around Rakkestad, but all the snow made it difficult for the Swedish
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had from Prince
Christian August's plan advanced in the direction of Blaker with five companies and 40 dragoons to find a suitable place to stop the enemy, and chose to occupy Toverud farm in the afternoon on 19 April. Major Weibye lined up his soldiers with the front to the south, where the 250
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Norwegian soldiers fired their muskets too early this gave the Swedes a great advantage since the Norwegians did not have time to reload, and the defense broke down when the Hussars reached the Norwegian lines.
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instead of attacking the Swedes. This meant that the road was open for Count Axel Otto Mörner's cavalry unit, who then occupied the undefended Blaker entrenchment on 16 April.
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112 Swedish
Grenadiers and Hussars, and 9 officers had been taken prisoner after the battle, of which around 40 were wounded. These prisoners were later paraded through
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forces to bypass parts of the
Norwegian troops. This gave them no option, but to attack. Mörner chose to start the attack with a cavalry charge and sent the
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sent a larger force to cut off and destroy the scattered
Swedish detachments under Gustaf Olof Lagerbring. A small Swedish force, led by
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Swedish attack and ordered six companies and some dragoons, a total of 2,200 men, to march northwards from
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558:Toverud monument (Toverudstøtta)
383:Battles of Rakkestad and Toverud
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805:Battles of the Napoleonic Wars
677:(in Norwegian). Archived from
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780:Meijer, Carl Fredrik (1867).
403:Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809
306:Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809
29:Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809
840:Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09
551:) in memory of the battle.
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728:. Kristiania: Aschehoug.
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743:Olsen, Per Erik (2011).
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187:Axel Gabriel Oxenstierna
449:Prince Christian August
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161:Gustaf Olof Lagerbring
149:Commanders and leaders
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235:Casualties and losses
217:Ole Fredrik Heyerdahl
523:and then brought to
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615:Generalstaben 1915
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835:April 1808 events
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681:on 18 August 2011
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27:Part of the
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639:Meijer 1867
627:Angell 1914
576:Meijer 1867
521:Christiania
481:Paul Weibye
411:Oxenstierna
349:Prestebakke
208:Paul Weibye
799:Categories
685:14 January
660:Olsen 2011
563:References
533:Niels Aall
429:Background
258:Rakkestad:
252:13 wounded
241:Rakkestad:
96:Rakkestad:
845:Rakkestad
788:Stockholm
773:Stockholm
545:Norwegian
531:Manor at
515:Aftermath
469:Rakkestad
415:Heyerdahl
395:Rakkestad
69:Rakkestad
765:(1915).
724:(1914).
359:Jämtland
339:Furuholm
264:Toverud:
250:2 killed
247:Toverud:
222:Strength
104:Toverud:
64:Location
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490:Hussars
457:Aurskog
399:Østfold
391:Aurskog
387:Toverud
381:or the
334:Trangen
329:Rødenes
324:Toverud
109:victory
101:victory
99:Swedish
81:Aurskog
77:Toverud
73:Østfold
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539:Legacy
479:Major
475:Battle
464:Blaker
443:Glomma
439:Høland
423:Weibye
344:Mobekk
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131:Sweden
92:Result
85:Norway
503:, by
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267:30–40
261:10–20
230:2,400
44:, by
749:ISBN
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687:2012
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