What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1759
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.33° N, 8.89° E
- Description
- 1759 battle
Battle of Minden
1759 battle of the Seven Years' War
The Battle of Minden was a major engagement during the Seven Years' War, fought on 1 August 1759. An Allied army, under the overall command of Prussian Field Marshal Ferdinand of Brunswick, defeated a Franco-Saxon army commanded by Marshal of France, Marquis de Contades.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Minden: Anglo–Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French army of the Duc de Broglie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Verbündeten Großbritannien, Hannover und Preußen unter dem Oberbefehl von Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel besiegen Frankreich und das Kurfürstentum…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite française à Minden, sur la Weser, battu par les Prussiens de Ferdinand de Brunswick-Lunebourg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение у Миндена”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page