Battle of Fehrbellin (1758)

Battle of Fehrbellin Part of the Pomeranian War (Seven Years' War) Date 28 September 1758 Location near Fehrbellin, Germany Result Swedish victory Belligerents  Sweden  Prussia Commanders and leaders Carl Constantin De Carnall Carl Heinrich von Wedel Strength 800 men, 3 artillery pieces[1] ~1,500 reinforcements:[1] 2 battalions, 4 squadrons, 4 artillery pieces 5,000–6,000:[1] 6 battalions, 10 squadrons, 20 artillery pieces Casualties and losses 345 killed, wounded and captured[2] –

Seven Years' War: European theatre Bohemia and Moravia Pirna Lobositz Reichenberg Prague Siege of Prague Kolín Olomouc Domstadtl Prussian Bohemia Incursion Westphalia and Hesse Hastenbeck Rheinberg Krefeld Bergen Minden Emsdorf Warburg Kloster Kampen Langensalza 1st Cassel Grünberg Corbach Villinghausen Ölper Wilhelmsthal Nauheim 2nd Cassel Saxony 1st Lutterberg Hochkirch Hoyerswerda Maxen Meissen Dresden Torgau 2nd Lutterberg Rossbach Freiberg Brandenburg Zorndorf Kay Kunersdorf Silesia Landeshut Glatz Liegnitz Berlin Burkersdorf Moys Breslau Leuthen East Prussia Gross-Jägersdorf Pomeranian War Stralsund Tornow Fehrbellin Güstow Frisches Haff Pasewalk Kolberg Neuensund Neukalen Fantastic War Almeida Valencia de Alcántara Vila Velha de Ródão Marvão Naval Operations Port Mahon Minorca Rochefort Cartagena Bay of Biscay St Malo Cherbourg Saint Cast Britain Quiberon Bay Belle Île Cádiz Cape Finisterre Seven Years' War: Pomeranian War Stralsund Tornow Fehrbellin Güstow Frisches Haff Pasewalk Kolberg Neuensund Neukalen

The Battle of Fehrbellin was a battle at Fehrbellin of the Seven Years' War between Swedish and Prussian forces fought on 28 September 1758.

The Prussian forces under General Carl Heinrich von Wedel were attempting to stop the Swedish offensive into Brandenburg. The Swedish forces held the town, with one gun at each of the three gates.

The Prussians arrived first and managed to break through at the western (Mühlenthor) gate, driving the outnumbered Swedes in disarray through the streets. However, reinforcements arrived, and the Prussians, who had failed to burn the bridge, were forced to retreat.^[1]

The Swedes lost 23 officers and 322 privates in the battle. Prussian casualties were significant; the Prussians reportedly took with them 15 wagons loaded with dead and wounded soldiers when they retreated.^[2]

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