Battle of Warburg

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Warburg
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partof=the Seven Years' War
place= Warburg, present-day Germany
date=31 July, 1760
result=Allied Victory
combatant1=flagicon|Hanover|1692 Hanover
flagicon|United Kingdom|1606 Great Britain
(or Hesse-Cassel)
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 Ferdinand of Brunswick
Prince of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
commander2=Lieutenant General Le Chevalier du Muy
strength1=62,000 (16,000 engaged)
strength2=130,000 (20,000 engaged)
casualties1=1,200 dead or wounded
casualties2=6,000-8,000 dead or wounded
12 guns lost|

The Battle of Warburg was a battle fought on July 31, 1760 during the Seven Years' War. The Battle was a victory for the Hanoverians and the British against the French. English general John Manners achieved some fame for charging at the head of the British cavalry, capturing 1500 men and ten pieces of artillery.

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* [http://www.britishbattles.com/seven-years/warburg.htm Battle of Warburg]