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however, the fight wasn't so costly. The defeated Danes retreated towards
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At 17:30, the attack on the entire front was ordered. The Danish then took advantage of their advantageous position as the slope offered them a clear field of fire and, secured in the firing lines, could place their rifles on the ramparts, which resulted in many losses for the
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passed through a gorge bordered by hills on both sides. The 1st, 11th and 7th
Infantry Regiments of the 4th Danish Division plus two batteries of field artillery were entrenched on the ridges. Since the stream was also dammed up, only a narrow line remained passable along the main road in the gorge,
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and in the next few days from Vejle and Aarhus. There was no sign of the vanished enemy anywhere and it was finally learned with difficulty that the Danish general had divided his troops at
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initially thrown back in a skirmish with Danish dragoons. At 1 p.m. the 1st
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