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Battle of Krefeld
Part of the Seven Years' War
Battle of Krefeld
Date
23 June 1758
Location
Krefeld, present-day North Rhine-Westphalia
Result
Prussian-Hanovarian victory
Belligerents
Prussia Hanover
France[1]
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Brunswick
Louis de Bourbon
Strength
32,000 men
47,000 men
Casualties and losses
1,600 men
4,200 men
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Seven Years' War: European theatre
Bohemia and Moravia
Lobositz
Reichenberg
Alt-Bunzlau
Prague
Siege of Prague
Kolín
Gabel
Holitz
Domstadtl
Olomouc
Prussian Bohemia Incursion
Teplitz
Westphalia, Hesse and Lower Saxony
Geldern
Hastenbeck
Rheinberg
Krefeld
Sandershausen
Meer
Lutterberg
Bergen
1st Münster
Minden
Fulda
2nd Münster
Corbach
Emsdorf
Warburg
Kloster Kampen
Langensalza
1st Cassel
Grünberg
Villinghausen
Ölper
Wilhelmsthal
Lutterberg (1762)
Nauheim
Amöneburg
Cassel (1762)
Electoral Saxony
Pirna
Rossbach
Sonnenstein
Hochkirch
Torgau (siege)
Wittenberg (1759)
Torgau (2nd siege)
Dresden (surrender)
Torgau (1759)
Korbitz
Hoyerswerda
Sackwitz
Maxen
Meissen
Dresden
Strehla
Torgau (3rd siege)
Wittenberg (1760)
Torgau
Döbeln
Hilbersdorf
Erbisdorf
Freiberg
Brandenburg
Berlin
Küstrin
Zorndorf
Kay
Kunersdorf
Berlin (1760)
Gostyn
Silesia
Moys
1st Schweidnitz
Breslau
Leuthen
Breslau (1759 siege)
Liegnitz
2nd Schweidnitz
Cosel (1758)
Neisse
Neustadt
Landeshut
Glatz
Breslau (1760 siege)
Liegnitz
Cosel (1760)
3rd Schweidnitz
Adelsbach
Burkersdorf
Reichenbach
4th Schweidnitz
East Prussia
Memel
Gross-Jägersdorf
Pomerania
Demmin
Anklam
Stralsund
Tornow
Fehrbellin
Kolberg (1758)
Güstow
Frisches Haff
Kolberg (1760)
Pasewalk
Kolberg (1761)
Neuensund
Green Redoubt
Gülzow
Gollnow
Spie
Neukalen
Iberian Peninsula
Almeida
Valencia de Alcántara
Vila Velha de Ródão
Marvão
Naval Operations
Fort St Philip
Minorca
Rochefort
Cartagena
Bay of Biscay
St Malo
Cherbourg
Saint Cast
Britain
Quiberon Bay
Belle Île
Cádiz
Cape Finisterre
The Battle of Krefeld (sometimes referred to by its French name of Créfeld) was fought at Krefeld near the Rhine on 23 June 1758 between a Prussian-Hanoverian army and a French army during the Seven Years' War.
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