The 'Battle of Reichenberg' was a
battle of the
Seven Years' War, fought on
April 21,
1757 near the town of
Liberec (German ''Reichenberg'') in
Bohemia.
Marshall
von Bevern had entered Bohemia with a corps of 16,000
Prussians. At Reichenberg he encountered
Königsegg's
Austrian corps. The full Austrian corps consisted of 18,000 infantry and 4,900 cavalry, but only about 10,000 of them had been concentrated at Reichenberg.
The experienced Bevern defeated his opponent. As a result, Bevern captured large quantities of Austrian supplies and could continue his march on
Prague.
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