Battle of Kempen

Battle of Kempen
Part of the Thirty Years' War
Battle of Kempen; engraving by Matthäus Merian
Date 17 January 1642 Location Kempen, present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 51°19′5″N 6°32′17″E / 51.31806°N 6.53806°E / 51.31806; 6.53806 Result Franco-Hessian victory
Belligerents
France Hesse-Kassel	Holy Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
de Guébriant von Eberstein	de Lamboy (POW) H. von Mercy (POW)
Strength
9,500 23 guns	9,000[1] 6 guns
Casualties and losses
660 killed or wounded[2]	c. 7,000 killed, wounded or captured[3][1][2]

The Battle of Kempen ^[a] 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.

The Imperial army disintegrated, with the majority either captured or killed. Defeat ended Imperial plans for an invasion of Champagne, and temporarily secured French-Hessian control of the Lower Rhine.

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