Battle of Emsdorf

Battle of Emsdorf

Infobox Military Conflict


caption=
conflict=Battle of Emsdorf
partof=the Seven Years' War
date=1760-07-14
place= flagicon|Hesse Emsdorf, Hesse, present-day Germany
result= Allied Victory
combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom|1606 Great Britain
flagicon|Hanover|1692 Hanover
flagicon|Hesse Hesse-Kassel
combatant2=flagicon|France|restauration [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...". * [http://www.anyflag.com/history/fleur23.htm] The original Banner of France was strewn with fleurs-de-lis. ] France
commander1=Prince of Hesse-Kassel
commander2=Marshal Glaubitz
strength1=3,000
strength2=3,000
casualties1=186
casualties2=>2,600

The Battle of Emsdorf was fought on 14 July 1760 during the Seven Years' War at Emsdorf in present-day Hesse, Germany, between Allied forces of British, Hanoverian and Hessian troops under the Prince of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) against French troops under "Marechal de Camp" Glaubitz.

The result was an allied victory.

References

External links

* [http://www.britishbattles.com/seven-years/emsdorf.htm Battle of Emsdorf at www.britishbattles.com]


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