Battle of Minden

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Seven Years’ War. Result: The British and German victory forced the French to retreat from Hanover.

As a powerful French army, under Marshal Marquis Louis de Contades, advanced on Hanover in the spring of 1759, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick assembled a force of British, Prussian, and Hanoverian troops to meet the threat. The two forces met on August 1 and deployed for battle.

Obeying a misunderstood order, nine infantry battalions of the British-Prussian army advanced against the French cavalry, a...

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