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Battle of Hastenbeck | |||||||||
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Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||||
![]() The Battle of Hastenbeck by Louis-Edouard Rioult | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
30,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, 28 guns[1] |
50,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, 68 guns[1] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
1,411 killed, wounded and missing | 1,290 killed and wounded |
The Battle of Hastenbeck (26 July 1757) was fought as part of the Invasion of Hanover during the Seven Years' War between the allied forces of Hanover, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Brunswick, and the French. The allies were defeated by the French army near Hamelin in the Electorate of Hanover.
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