What the records say
- When
- 17 Jan 1642
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.32° N, 6.54° E
- Description
- 1642 battle of the thirty years' war
Battle of Kempen
1642 battle of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Kempen took place on 17 January 1642 during the Thirty Years' War, outside Kempen, Germany. A combined Franco-Hessian army, led by de Guébriant and von Eberstein respectively, defeated an Imperial force under General de Lamboy.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht auf der Kempener Heide (Tönisvorst zwischen Krefeld und Kempen) besiegen Franzosen und Hessen ein kaiserliches Heer unter Graf Lamboy”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Кемпене”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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