Battle of Warburg

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Battle of Warburg

Date	31 July 1760
Location	Warburg, present-day Germany
Result	Allied Victory

Belligerents

Hanover

Great Britain

Brunswick

Hesse-Kassel

^[1] France

Commanders

Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick
Prince of Hesse-Kassel

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

6,000-8,000 dead or wounded
12 guns lost

v • d • e

Seven Years' War:

European theatre

Minorca – Lobositz – Reichenberg – Prague – Kolín – Hastenbeck – Gross-Jägersdorf – Moys – Rossbach – Breslau – Leuthen – Krefeld – Domstadtl – Zorndorf – Saint Cast – Tornow – Hochkirch – Bergen – Kay – Minden – Kunersdorf – Hoyerswerda – Maxen – Meissen – Landeshut – Emsdorf – Warburg – Liegnitz – Kloster Kampen – Torgau – Villinghausen – Kolberg – Wilhelmstahl - Burkersdorf – Lutterberg – Freiberg

The Battle of Warburg was a battle fought on July 31, 1760 during the Seven Years' War. The Battle was a victory for the Hanoverians and the British against the French.

[edit] References

^ 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.