Battle of Rheinberg

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The Battle of Rheinberg was an engagement during the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops near the town of Rheinberg in western Germany.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rheinberg
surface form: Combat of Rheinberg
armedForcesInvolved artillery
cavalry
infantry
belligerent Allied army of Prussia, Hanover, Great Britain, Hesse-Kassel and other German contingents
Kingdom of France
campaign 1758 campaign in western Germany
campaignCommanderAllied Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick NERFINISHED
campaignCommanderFrench Comte de Clermont
casualtiesAndLosses Allied casualties several hundred killed and wounded
French casualties several hundred killed and wounded
combatantSide Allied forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick
French forces under Clermont
commander Comte de Clermont
Louis de Bourbon-Condé, comte de Clermont
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick NERFINISHED
conflict Seven Years' War
coordinates 51.546°N 6.595°E
countryAtTime Holy Roman Empire
date 1758-06-12
era Age of Enlightenment
followedBy Battle of Krefeld
historicalPeriod 18th century
location Duchy of Cleves NERFINISHED
Rheinberg
western Germany
near Rhine River NERFINISHED
notableFeature artillery duel and skirmishing rather than full-scale decisive engagement
objective to check French advance in western Germany
partOf European theatre of the Seven Years' War
surface form: Anglo-Prussian-Hanoverian-French war theatre of the Seven Years' War

continental operations linked to the global Seven Years' War
precededBy Battle of Krefeld
primaryOpposingStates Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Great Britain
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel NERFINISHED
region Lower Rhine region
relatedEvent French invasion attempts of Hanover
result inconclusive
strategicOutcome helped set conditions for later Allied victory at Krefeld
strength Allied army approximately 30,000–40,000 men
French army approximately 40,000–50,000 men
theatre Western German theatre of the Seven Years' War
typeOfConflict land battle
year 1758

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Battle of Rheinberg alsoKnownAs Battle of Rheinberg
this entity surface form: Combat of Rheinberg
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick notableBattle Battle of Rheinberg
Battle of Krefeld precededBy Battle of Rheinberg