Battle of Krefeld

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Krefeld was a 1758 Seven Years' War engagement in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated the French army in western Germany.

Aliases (1)

Battle of Crefeld ×1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Crefeld →
belligerent	Allied army of Hanoverian-led forces → Electorate of Hanover → Kingdom of France → Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Prussia (contingents) → Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel NERFINISHED →
campaign	Ferdinand of Brunswick's 1758 campaign in western Germany →
casualties	French casualties significantly higher than Allied casualties →
chronology	mid-war engagement of the Seven Years' War →
combatantSide	Allied forces → French army →
commander	Louis de Bourbon, comte de Clermont → Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick NERFINISHED →
commandStructure	Allied army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick → French army under comte de Clermont →
conflict	Seven Years' War →
country	Germany →
date	23 June 1758 →
followedBy	Battle of Mehr →
hasParticipant	British Army units → French Royal Army → Hanoverian Army units → Hessian troops →
location	Krefeld NERFINISHED → North Rhine-Westphalia → western Germany →
notableTactic	Allied flank march against the French left →
outcome	defeat of the French army →
partOf	Seven Years' War →
precededBy	Battle of Rheinberg →
region	Lower Rhine region →
result	Allied victory →
strategicEffect	strengthened Allied position in western Germany → weakened French influence in western Germany →
theatre	Western German theatre of the Seven Years' War →
year	1758 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Lutterberg (1758) → Battle of Rheinberg →	precededBy
Battle of Krefeld ("Battle of Crefeld") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Rheinberg →	followedBy
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick →	notableBattle