Battle of Bergen (1759)

Hastenbeck - Krefeld - Lutterberg 1758 - Bergen - Minden - Gohfeld - Fulda - Korbach - Emsdorf - Warburg - Kloster Kampen - Langensalza - Saalfeld - Vellinghausen - Arnsberg - Wilhelm Thal - Lutterberg 1762

The Battle of Bergen was a battle of the Seven Years' War on April 13, 1759 in Bergen between French and allied troops.

Course

The commander of the mainly from short - braunschweigisch - Lüneburg ( " electoral Hanover " ), British and Hesse- Kassel between and brunswick - wolfenbüttel between regiments existing allied army (about 37,000 men), Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel, opened the campaign of 1759. His situation was not promising: the French main army ( 66,000 men) under Marshal de Contades threatened from the Lower Rhine ago penetrate to electoral Hanover. In addition, the Duke of Broglie had his troops ( 31,000 men) concentrated near Frankfurt am Main. Therefore, Ferdinand intended to beat the two hostile armies in succession. On April 13, 1759, he arrived at Bergen on the troops of the Duke of Broglie. Immediately the attack was ordered. However, the positions of the French proved to be too strong. Three times the Allies were dismissed. In order not to jeopardize his army in its entirety, Ferdinand therefore broke off the battle from the loss of 2,373 men. Among the dead of Hesse- kasselsche General was Count Johann Casimir von Isenburg - Birstein. Although they were victorious, the French had to accept the loss of nearly 4,000 men.