Battle_of_Rheinberg Knowpia

Battle of Rheinberg
	Part of the Seven Years' War
Date	12 June 1758
Location	Rheinberg, present-day North Rhine-Westphalia
Result	Indecisive
Belligerents
Hanover ; Prussia ; Hesse-Kassel ; Great Britain	France
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Brunswick	Comte de Clermont

The Battle of Rheinberg took place on 12 June 1758 in Rheinberg, Germany during the Seven Years' War. A French force under the command of Comte de Clermont and an Anglo-German force under the command of the Duke of Brunswick fought a largely indecisive battle. It was a precursor to the more decisive Battle of Krefeld nine days later.^[1]

References edit

Anderson, Fred. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766. Faber and Faber, 2001
McLynn, Frank. 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World. Pimlico, 2005.
Simms, Brendan. Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire. Penguin Books (2008)

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