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Minden, battle of
Minden, battle of, 1759. Ferdinand of Brunswick, commanding a force of 54,000 Hanoverian, British, and Prussian soldiers, manœuvred to tempt a French army, 64,000 strong, out of seemingly impregnable positions at Minden. The French commander, the marquis de Contades, obliged on 1 August. A brigade of British and Hanoverian infantry, misinterpreting orders, launched a frontal assault on French cavalry in the centre and, against all odds, held firm when counter-attacked. Unfortunately the British cavalry, commanded by Lord George Sackville (Germain), failed to move forward to exploit, and the French, having lost over 7,000, retreated.
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JOHN CANNON. "Minden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Minden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Mindenbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Minden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Mindenbattleof.html |
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Minden, battle of
Minden, battle of, 1759. Ferdinand of Brunswick, commanding a force of 54,000 Hanoverian, British, and Prussian soldiers, tempted a French army, 64,000 strong, out of seemingly impregnable positions at Minden. On 1 August, a brigade of British and Hanoverian infantry, misinterpreting orders, launched a frontal assault on French cavalry in the centre and held firm when counter‐attacked. Unfortunately the British cavalry, commanded by Lord George Sackville (Germain), failed to exploit, and the French, having lost over 7,000, retreated.
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JOHN CANNON. "Minden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Minden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Mindenbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Minden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Mindenbattleof.html |
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Minden, Battle of
Minden, Battle of (1 August 1759) A battle in the SEVEN YEARS WAR. A French army seized the town of Minden, a German city guarding access to Hanover, but was surrounded by a large force of British, Hanoverian, and Hessian troops under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. On 1 August the French were severely defeated and Hanover was saved. This was the only pitched battle in which British troops were involved during the Seven Years War.
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"Minden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Minden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-MindenBattleof.html "Minden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-MindenBattleof.html |
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