Battle of Warburg

Battle of Warburg
Part of the Seven Years' War
Date 31 July 1760
Location Warburg, present-day Germany
Result Allied Victory
Belligerents
Hanover
 Great Britain
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)		  France[1]
Commanders and leaders
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
Seven Years' War:
European theatre

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, Marquess of Granby achieved some fame for charging at the head of the British cavalry and losing his hat and wig during the charge. The French lost 1500 men, killed and wounded, around 2,000 prisoners and ten pieces of artillery.

References

  1. ^ 1911 Encyclopædia 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.
  2. ^ 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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