Battle of Grünberg

Battle of Grünberg
Part of the Seven Years' War
Date21 March 1761
Location
Grünberg, Hesse-Cassel
Result French victory
Belligerents
Hanover
Hesse-Kassel
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 France
Commanders and leaders
Prince Ferdinand Jacques Philippe de Choiseul
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed or wounded
2,000 captured
100 killed or wounded
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Seven Years' War:
European theatre
Bohemia and Moravia
  • Lobositz
  • Reichenberg
  • Alt-Bunzlau
  • Prague
  • Siege of Prague
  • Kolín
  • Gabel
  • Holitz
  • Domstadtl
  • Olomouc
  • Prussian Bohemia Incursion
  • Teplitz

Westphalia, Hesse and Lower Saxony

Electoral Saxony

Brandenburg

Silesia

  • Moys
  • 1st Schweidnitz
  • Breslau
  • Leuthen
  • Breslau (1759 siege)
  • Liegnitz
  • 2nd Schweidnitz
  • Cosel (1758)
  • Neisse
  • Neustadt
  • Landeshut
  • Glatz
  • Breslau (1760 siege)
  • Liegnitz
  • Cosel (1760)
  • 3rd Schweidnitz
  • Adelsbach
  • Burkersdorf
  • Reichenbach
  • 4th Schweidnitz

East Prussia

Pomerania

Iberian Peninsula

Naval Operations

The Battle of Grünberg (21 March 1761) was fought between French and allied Prussian and Hanoverian troops in the Seven Years' War at village of Grünberg, Hesse, near Stangenrod. The French, led by the Jacques Philippe de Choiseul, inflicted a significant defeat on the allies, taking several thousand prisoners, and capturing 18 military standards. The allied loss prompted Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick to lift the siege of Cassel and retreat.

References

  • The History of the Seven Years' War in Germany
  • War, State, And Society in mid-eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland

50°36′00″N 8°57′00″E / 50.6000°N 8.9500°E / 50.6000; 8.9500

External links

  • 1761-03-21 - Engagement of Grünberg at kronoskaf.com
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