Siege of Brieg

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military operation siege

The Siege of Brieg was a Prussian-led military operation during the First Silesian War in which Frederick the Great’s forces besieged the fortified Silesian town of Brieg, held by the Habsburg Monarchy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Brieg canonical	1
Siege of Neisse	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military operation ⓘ siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Brzeg NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackers	Prussian army NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
campaign	Prussian invasion of Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Frederick II of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	First Silesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	early modern siege warfare ⓘ
countryInvolved	Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
defenders	Austrian garrison ⓘ
defensiveStructure	bastion fortifications ⓘ fortified town walls of Brieg ⓘ
historicalEra	18th century European warfare ⓘ
ledBy	Frederick the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Brieg NERFINISHED ⓘ Habsburg Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater	Silesian theater of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
objective	capture of the fortress town of Brieg ⓘ
opponent	Habsburg Monarchy forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	First Silesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Prussian victory ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Silesian communications and territory ⓘ
usedArm	Austrian infantry ⓘ Prussian artillery ⓘ Prussian infantry ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Silesian War → hasPart → Siege of Brieg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Neisse