Early Modern era · 1644

Battle of Freiburg

The Battle of Freiburg, fought over three days on 3, 5, and 9 August 1644, took place during the Thirty Years' War, near Freiburg im Breisgau, now in Baden-Württemberg. A French relief army of 16,000, led jointly by Condé and Turenne, sought to recapture the town, which had recently surrendered to a Bavarian force under Franz von Mercy.

Battle of Freiburg
Battle of Freiburg · Heinrich Theodor Menke / Karl Spruner von Mertz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
3 Aug 1644 – 9 Aug 1644
Where
Freiburg im Breisgau
Era
Early Modern

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Before and after

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