What the records say
- When
- 14 Jul 1760
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.82° N, 8.92° E
- Description
- 1760 battle during the Seven Years' War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Emsdorf
1760 battle during the Seven Years' War
The Battle of Emsdorf was fought on 16 July 1760 during the Seven Years' War at Emsdorf in present-day Hesse, Germany, between forces of British, Hanoverian and Hessian troops under the Prince of Hesse-Kassel against German troops in French service under Marechal de Camp von Glaubitz. It was part of the campaign to disrupt the French line of communications by capturing Marburg, a French supply depot.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Gefecht bei Emsdorf gelingt den alliierten Truppen unter dem Befehl von Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel ein Sieg über ein französisches…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “бой при Эмсдорфе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page