Battle of Anholt

Significance

The Battle of Anholt was a Danish-Norwegian attempt to retake Anholt, a small island off Jutland that British forces had seized in 1809. The British garrison under James Wilkes Maurice successfully repelled the assault led by Jørgen Conrad de Falsen, preserving continued British control of the island. The engagement was part of the Gunboat War, the broader conflict between the United Kingdom and Denmark-Norway that ran alongside the Napoleonic Wars. Denmark-Norway's failure to recapture Anholt meant Britain retained its foothold in Danish coastal waters, sustaining the strategic pressure that characterized British naval operations in the region throughout the conflict.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (3)