Battle of Wilhelmstahl

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Date	1762-06-24
Location	Wilhelmstahl, North-west Germany
Result	Allied victory

Belligerents

Great Britain

Prussia
Hanover
Brunswick
Hesse

^[1] France

Commanders

Archduke Ferdinand of Brunswick

Prince de Soubise
Duc d’Estrées

Strength

50,000

70,000

Casualties and losses

702

>1,500

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 Wilhelmstahl was fought on 1762-06-24 during the Seven Years' War between on one side the allied forces of British, Prussian, Hanover, Brunswick and Hessen troops against the French. Once again, the French threatened Hanover, so the Allies manouvered around the French, surrounded the invasion force, and forced them to retreat.

The result is viewed as victory for the Allied forces.

[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.