Battle of Reinbek

Battle of Reinbek
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; The Swedish commander Nils Gyllenstierna
Date	May 19, 1700 (O.S.); May 20, 1700 (Swedish calendar); May 30, 1700 (N.S.)
Location	Reinbek
Result	Swedish-Lüneburgian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire; Brunswick-Lüneburg	Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Nils Gyllenstierna	Carl Rudolf
Strength
5,000–7,000 men,; 4 cannons	2,000 men,; 4 cannons
Casualties and losses
	~10

The Battle of Reinbek, or Skirmish of Reinbek, on May 30, 1700 was a small engagement at the river of Bille near Reinbek in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, as a consequence of the Danish invasion of Holstein-Gottorp, earlier that year.

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