Vincens Budde Vincens Budde ( also known as Vincents Budde or Vincent Budde ) was a Norwegian officer , born in 1660 in Halden , Norway into a Norwegian military family ( his father , Frederick Otto Budde , served under Tønne Huitfeldt at Fredriksten fortress in Halden , which repelled a Swedish attack in 1660 ) . Budde was promoted to colonel 1710 and to major general in 1716 . Military career . Budde was commissioned " Løjtnant " ( Lieutenant ) in Løvendals ' s Regiment in 1683 and was promoted to " Kaptajn " ( Captain ) in 1688 . On 17 April 1710 Colonel Budde took command of a battalion of the 2nd ( or lower ) Tronhjemske Regiment , and in 1711 he led them to Holstein on the Danish – German border . In 1713 he led two battalions of the 2nd Tronhjemske Regiment during the successful investment of Stralsund . By 1715 he had been promoted to brigadier general and commanded forces stationed in Pomerania . In January 1716 , Karl XII of Sweden began an offensive in Norway , with the intention of taking advantage of Denmark - Norway ’ s stationing of 4 , 500 Norwegian soldiers , including those led by Brigadier General Budde , to Denmark and Northern Germany in 1715 . The Swedes expected supremacy over the remaining Norwegian military forces since Swedish forces consisted largely of seasoned mercenaries , while the remaining Norwegian home forces were soldiers with limited military training and poor equipment . However , after a failed Swedish siege of Akershus fortress , three combat experienced Norwegian regular regiments with about 4 , 000 men , commanded by Brigadier General Budde , arrived from Denmark on 17 April 1716 . These forces were dispatched to the southern flank where they secured the fortress city of Fredrikstad and disrupted the supply lines between the Swedish forces in Christiania , and Sweden . Brigadier General Vincens Budde led the attack on a Swedish battalion stationed in Moss under Colonel Falkenberg . Colonel Falkenberg fortified the city center concentrated his defense . Budde led 1 , 000 men of the 2nd Trondhjemske , Bergenhusiske and Cicignons regiments from Fredrikstad . They received critical support from Admiral Gabel ’ s forces including several ships of the line and smaller vessels , which delivered 500 men under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt , to cut off access for Swedish forces from the north . By morning the morning of 23 April 1716 , Budde ' s forces captured Moss and the Swedish forces there . Brigadier General Budde was promoted to major general as a result of this resounding victory over a respected opponent . Major General Budde saw further action in the final days of the Great Northern War , when Karl XII initiated a second invasion of Norway in the fall of 1718 . While Karl XII led his main army in an attack on Fredrikshald , he dispatched an army under General Carl Gustaf Armfeldt into Trøndelag to seize Trondheim . Armfeldt advanced against Trondheim , which was defended by an army of 6 , 900 men under General Budde . Although Armfeldt ' s forces surrounded Trondheim , Budde ' s forces held him at bay . When Karl XII was killed in December at Fredriksten , Budde ' s strategy prevailed . Armfeldt ' s forces were forced to retreat back across the mountains to Sweden in a Carolean Death March almost as disastrous as Napoleon ' s retreat from Moscow . Budde remained in active service until his death in 1729 , at almost 70 years of age . Family and personal life . He was named a Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1721 . He married rather late in life to Armgaard Margrethe Gabelin , the daughter of Vice Governor - general of Norway Frederik G . Juel and Ane Cathrine Juel on 16 April 1718 . She was born in Pleskov in Russia on 10 November 1677 and died in Trondheim on 8 March 1734 . No children are recorded for this union .