ORDER OF BATTLE // April 21, 1757
Battle of Reichenberg
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 29,000 estimated
Prussia
15,000
Medium-confidence figure
Austria
14,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Reichenberg was fought on 21 April 1757 near the town of Reichenberg in Bohemia as part of the Third Silesian War, the Central European theater of the Seven Years' War. The engagement brought together a Prussian force of 15,000 under the Duke of Brunswick-Bevern and an Austrian force of 14,000 under Count Königsegg. The source material records no outcome or recorded result, limiting what can be established about its operational consequences within the broader Silesian and Bohemian campaigns of 1757.
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