Siege of Brieg

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The Siege of Brieg was a Prussian-led military operation during the First Silesian War in which Frederick the Great’s forces besieged the fortified Silesian town of Brieg, held by the Habsburg Monarchy.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Brieg canonical 1
Siege of Neisse 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Brzeg ⓘ
attackers Prussian army ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Army
belligerent Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
campaign Prussian invasion of Silesia ⓘ
linked to: Third Silesian War
commander Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
conflict First Silesian War ⓘ
conflictType early modern siege warfare ⓘ
countryInvolved Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
defenders Austrian garrison ⓘ
defensiveStructure bastion fortifications ⓘ
fortified town walls of Brieg ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century European warfare ⓘ
ledBy Frederick the Great ⓘ
location Brieg ⓘ
Habsburg Silesia ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Silesia

Silesia ⓘ
militaryTheater Silesian theater of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
objective capture of the fortress town of Brieg ⓘ
opponent Habsburg Monarchy forces ⓘ
partOf First Silesian War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
result Prussian victory ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Silesian communications and territory ⓘ
usedArm Austrian infantry ⓘ
Prussian artillery ⓘ
Prussian infantry ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Silesian War → hasPart → Siege of Brieg ⓘ
First Silesian War → hasPart → Siege of Neisse ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Brieg