Battle of Fehrbellin

Battle of Fehrbellin
	Part of the Scanian War (Northern Wars) ; Franco-Dutch War
	; The Battle of Fehrbellin by Dismar Degen
Date	June 18, 1675
Location	near Fehrbellin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
Result	Brandenburgian victory
Belligerents
Brandenburg-Prussia	Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Frederick William ; Georg von Derfflinger	Waldemar Wrangel
Strength
6,000–7,000 men,; 13 cannons	7,000,; 28 cannons
Casualties and losses
500 killed and wounded	500–600 killed, wounded and captured

The Battle of Fehrbellin was fought on June 18, 1675 (Julian calendar date, June 28th, Gregorian), between Swedish and Brandenburg-Prussian troops. The Swedes, under Count Waldemar von Wrangel (stepbrother of Riksamiral Carl Gustaf Wrangel), had invaded and occupied parts of Brandenburg from their possessions in Pomerania, but were repelled by the forces of Frederick William, the Great Elector, under his Feldmarschall Georg von Derfflinger near the town of Fehrbellin. Along with the Battle of Warsaw (1656), Fehrbellin was crucial in establishing the prestige of Frederick William and Brandenburg-Prussia's army.

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