3-011-419 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The War in Schleswig: the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The Battle of Königshügel, also known as the Battle of Ober-Selk, was a battle in the Second Schleswig War where Austrian Major General Gondrecourt and his infantry brigade succeeded in occupying the area in front of the Danevirke near Ober-Selk and taking the strategically important village of Königshügel in Schleswig-Holstein. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.