On 5 March, several days before the Danish government had decided to declare war on Sweden, Marshal Bernadotte, who at that time was French governor of Hamburg and the other Hanseatic cities, started his march towards Denmark with the coalition army of 32,000 men.
Den 5 mars, flera dagar innan den danska regeringen beslutade att förklara krig mot Sverige, började Bernadotte, som då var fransk guvernör i Hamburg och övriga hansestäder, sin marsch mot Danmark med en koalitionsarmé på cirka 32 000 man.