As the campaigning season of 1759 opens,…
April 1759 CE
His destination is Frankfurt, where the French have a base on the Main River.
The intent is to drive the French out of Westphalia and seize the initiative for the allies.
By the end of the month, his army comprises some twenty-seven thousand men grouped into three divisions.
One is commanded by Ferdinand himself, one by Prince Isenburg, and the third by the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.
Operations commence with the seizing of Fulda and Meiningen from troops of the Imperial army under Field Marshal von Zweibrücken.
As the Imperial army retreats into Bohemia, Ferdinand moves into Hesse hoping to fall upon Broglie's corps before it can be reinforced.
Broglie, however, is able to reinforce his corps with a contingent of Saxons under the General von Dyhrn (Dyherrn) along with other French regiments that he is able to assemble.
He places his small army at the fortified town of Bergen and awaits developments.
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