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Christian Frederik Bielke
Christian Frederik Bielke (8 May 167014 September 1709) was a Danish military officer. He was the son of Admiral Henrik Bielke. He was from 1683 to 1709 the owner of Næsbyholm at Glumsø. Early life Bielke was born on 8 May 1670, the son of Admiral Henrik Bielke (1615–1683) and Edel Christoffersdatter Ulfeldt (1630–1676). Career In 1688, Bielke was a '' fændrik'' in the Royal Life Guards. In 1690, he was a second lieutenant in a Guards Battalion in English service in Ireland. Later that same year he was promoted to first lieutenant and in 1691 to captain. In 1693–94, he served with the Royal danois and was wounded in the Battle of Neerwinden. In September he and Christian Gyldenløve returned to Denmark, where he was promoted to major and put in charge of a battalion in Oldenburg. In 1695, he served as a volunteer in the allied force in the Siege of Namur. He was in 1697 promoted to lieutenant-colonel and in 1701 to colonel and chief of the new Funen Infantry Regime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Tournai (1709)
The siege of Tournai was a siege of the city of Tournai, then part of the Kingdom of France, between 28 June and 3 September 1709. A Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), Grand Alliance army under the British John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Marlborough successfully forced the surrender of the French garrison during the War of the Spanish Succession. The siege was the first significant engagement of the 1709 campaign. Marlborough intended to take the city quickly, thereby enabling an Allied advance into northern France. The garrison however, under the Louis-Charles de Hautefort de Surville, Marquis de Surville, held out for considerably longer than had been expected and the siege consumed much of the fighting season. It saw extensive use of Tunnel warfare, mining and countermining as the Allies sought to break through strong French fortifications, particularly Tournai's citadel. The British historian, David G. Chandler, described the siege as "one of the hardest foug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
