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Capture of Kaiserhügel
Part of the Austrian colonization of the Nicobar Islands
Date1784
Location
Result Danish victory
Territorial
changes
Austrian base at Nancowry abandoned
Belligerents
 Denmark-Norway
Moravian Brethren
Ostend Company
Commanders and leaders
Denmark–Norway Niels Sørensen None
Units involved
Denmark–Norway HDMS Dansborg Königshügel garrison
Strength
Denmark–Norway 4 ships
3 ships
4 men
3 cannons
Casualties and losses
None 4 men deported
3 cannons

The Capture of Kaiserhügel (Danish: Overtagelsen af Kaiserhügel, German: Eroberung des Kaiserhügels), or the Conquest of Kaiserhügel, was a Danish capture of the newly established Austrian colony of Kaiserhügel.

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