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Battle of Freiburg

Battle of Freiburg was fought in and during the long thirty years’ war that took place from 1618-1648. This particular battle was fought in 3 non-consecutive days, 3, 5, 9th of August

The French army of around 16,000 men led by a 23-year-old Louis II de Bourbon (duke of Enghien) and by the French Marshall Visconte De Turenne tried to capture the city which was currently taken over by, on the 28th of July through a 5-week siege, by Franz von Mercy and his men of the Bavarian Army. After a long-fought battle where both parties lost almost half of its men, Mercy retreated and abandoned Freiburg. Ultimately, it resulted in the tactical victory of the French empire.