GNW incident by Ruben W. Gulbrandsen

photo by Nina Røsnæs 😉

"Death of the Lieutenant-Capitain"

During the second battle of Moss on April 23rd 1716, Lieutenant-Capitain Even Wahl of the Norwegian Enlisted Regt. of Foot died leading the Colonels Compagnie. Through the Swedish barricades and townhouses

He was the only officer on the Dano-Norwegian side to fall that day. 

305 years ago today...