| Battle of Kempen | |||||||
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| Part of the Thirty Years' War | |||||||
 Battle of Kempen; engraving by Matthäus Merian | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France Hesse-Kassel |
 Holy Roman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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de Guébriant von Eberstein |
de Lamboy (POW) H. von Mercy (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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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.
- ^ a b Clodfelter 2017, p. 39.
- ^ a b Périni 1902, p. 307.
- ^ Guthrie 2003, p. 190–191.
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