Draft:Siege of Tönning (1713-1714)

The Siege of Tönning 1713-1714 took place from February 1713 to February 1714. Swedish commander Magnus Stenbock got besieged within Tönning, a fortress belonging to the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp. He was forced to capitulate to Frederik IV of Denmark in May 1713, and he and the remnants of his army marched into Danish captivity. The next year the fortress itself surrendered, which brought all of Schleswig into the grasp of King Frederik. The siege was the most important Danish victory of the war, ending in the annihilation of the only Swedish army active in the field, as well as the fulfillment of Denmark's main war aim of vanquishing Gottorper power in Schleswig.

Prelude at Gadebusch
Magnus Stenbock