Battle of Warburg
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| Battle of Warburg | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Hanover Great Britain Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) |
 [1] France |
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| Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick Prince of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) |
Lieutenant General Le Chevalier du Muy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 62,000 (16,000 engaged) | 130,000 (20,000 engaged) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,200 dead or wounded | 1,500 dead or wounded[2] 2,000 prisoners 12 guns lost |
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The Battle of Warburg was a battle fought on 31 July 1760 during the Seven Years' War. The Battle was a victory for the Hanoverians and the British against the French. British general John Manners achieved some fame for charging at the head of the British cavalry and losing his hat during the charge. The French lost 1500 men, killed and wounded, around 2,000 prisoners and ten pieces of artillery.
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- ^ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition, New York 1910, Vol.X, p.460: "The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour."George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The American Cyclopaedia, New York, 1874, p. 250, "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis...". *[1]The original Banner of France was strewn with fleurs-de-lis.
- ^ Daniel Mackinnon, Origin and services of the Coldstream Guards, London 1883, Vol.1, p.406. Lieutenant-General F.W.Hamilton, Origin and History of the First or Grenadier Guards, London, 1874, Vol. II. p.175
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Coordinates: 51°29′50.50″N 9°07′44.23″E / 51.4973611°N 9.1289528°E
