Theater War

As Preiselbeerkrieg ( Danish / Norwegian: Tyttebærkrigen ) a campaign of Norwegian troops in the summer of 1788 is referred to. The troops were from the Norwegian border after Bohuslän in Sweden after Gustavus III. Russia had attacked. The Norwegians were the Swedish troops in the back, and took a meeting at the bridge of Kvistrum in today's place Munkedal. They took the towns of Uddevalla and Vänersborg and made 800 prisoners, without itself undergoing significant losses. The fight lasted only 45 minutes and ended with the Swedish capitulation. The operation was led by Prince Karl of Hesse.

On both sides were five soldiers. 61 Sweden and 16 Norwegians were wounded. Following the Norwegian troops but were decimated by disease and hunger. 1,500 Norwegian soldiers died as a result of the campaign. The war got its name because the soldiers had to supplement their meager rations with wild berries due to the poorly organized replenishment.

That campaign also Frederik of Haxthausen participated as an officer. As a result of the disastrous supply the troops, the cause was a deadly disease among the soldiers, he traveled abroad in 1793 to study the replenishment technique there. He visited for the Prussian, Austrian, and other armies.