The Landing at Ystad (, ), also known as the Battle of Ystad, (, ) was an

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and landing at

Ystad Ystad () is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. The settlement dates from the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre, and tourist attracti ...

performed by a Dano-Dutch fleet on 27 June 1676 during the

Scanian War The Scanian War (; ; ; ) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Electorate of Brandenburg, Brandenburg and Swedish Empire, Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, in the former Danish ...

. The landing was a success, and the Swedish garrison and relief force were forced to retreat.

Background

In the summer of 1675

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declared war on

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with the goal to reconquer Denmark and Norway's lost territories in 1645 and 1658. After a combined Dano-Dutch fleet defeated the Swedish fleet at Öland, the former could thereafter pursue an

amphibious landing Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach. Through history the operations were conducted ...

across the Sound. The commanders of the Dano-Dutch fleet,

Cornelis Tromp Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, ''Count of Sølvesborg'' (3 September 1629 – 29 May 1691) was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian ...

and

Niels Juel Niels Juel (8 May 1629 – 8 April 1697) was a Danish naval officer. He served as supreme commander of the Dano-Norwegian Navy during the late 17th century and oversaw development of the Danish-Norwegian Navy. Background Niels Juel was born ...

, found Ystad to have a small garrison and could thus more easily be overtaken.

Landing

As soon as the Swedish garrison at Ystad saw the Dano-Dutch fleet, they sent message to

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, in which

Charles XI Charles XI or Carl (; ) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. ...

sent a relief force of 1,500 cavalrymen and soon after guard companies too. Already on 26 June, Tromp and his ships had launched fire upon the Swedish garrison, however, the landing itself would take place the next day. On the morning of 27 June, the landing was initiated. Tromp and Juel sailed their frigate towards land and ordered their seamen and landing troops to be as loud as possible. The landing resulted in a success and the cavalry garrison was conquered.

Second confrontation

Concurrently, the Swedish relief forces, led by Otto von Fersen and Johan Wittenberg, arrived and battle ensued again. Under fighting came also the guard companies, however, the ships' fire supported the Dano-Dutch troops so well that the Swedes would retreat. The Swedish death toll was two officers and 100 men.

Aftermath

When the outcome of the battle reached Malmö, King Charles marched to Ystad to drive out the Danes, however, the march would be given up when finding out that the Danes had embarked on the ships again. Two days later, on 29 June,

Christian V of Denmark Christian V (15 April 1646 – 25 August 1699) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the dec ...

would land at Raa near

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and the main invasion had begun.

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