The Battle of Warburg, fought during the…

July 1760 CE

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

British general John Manners, Marquess of Granby, achieves some fame for charging at the head of the British cavalry and losing his hat and wig during the charge.

The French lose fifteen hundred men, killed and wounded, around two thousand prisoners and ten pieces of artillery.

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Warburg Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany View →

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Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of View → Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate of View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electorate of (Electorate of Hanover) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View →

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Seven Years' War View →

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