Siege of Küstrin

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Siege of Küstrin
Part of the Küstrin, Brandenburg
Result	Prussian victory

Belligerents Prussia RussiaCommanders and leaders Schack von Wittenau William FermorStrength 75 guns UnknownCasualties and losses 318 houses destroyed 11 killed, 36 wounded

The siege of Küstrin (Cüstrin) in 1758 was a siege of the

Aftermath

The Russian besiegers probably did not intend for the town to experience such destruction. Nevertheless, when the Prussian army saw how the Russian bombardment devastated the city it became a major cause for Prussian animosity towards the Russian army. However, this devastation was not necessarily unique to Küstrin. The sieges against Zittau (1757) and Dresden (1760) also were particularly destructive in an era generally characterized by restraint.^[1]

References

Duffy, Christopher. The Military Experience in the Age of Reason. Atheneum, 1988 pp. 7, 9, 293.