Battle of Bergen (1759)

Battle of Bergen
Part of the Seven Years' War
Battle of Bergen 1759
Date 13 April 1759 Location Bergen, Hesse Result French victory
Belligerents
Great Britain Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)  Brunswick Hanover	France
Commanders and leaders
Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie
Strength
ca 35,000 men	ca 28,000 men
Casualties and losses
2,500 killed or wounded 300 captured[1]	1,800 killed or wounded[1]

The Battle of Bergen on 13 April 1759 saw the French army under de Broglie withstand an allied British, Hanoverian, Hessian, Brunswick army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick near Frankfurt-am-Main during the Seven Years' War.