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"Oh, how happy are they who died for their country…”
Description
Battle of Sandershausen
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Source
Publisher
Date
1758-07-23
Scenario#
A215
Location
Sandershausen, Germany
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Sandershausen was an episode of the Seven Years' War . It took place on July 23, 1758 near the Hessian community of Sandershausen . Commanders were on the French side the Maréchal de France Victor-François de Broglie and on the Hessian side Lieutenant General Johann Casimir von Isenburg-Birstein . On the day of the Battle of Krefeld , the Prince de Soubise received the order to conquer the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel . For this purpose he sent an army corps of 20,000 men under the command of the Duc de Broglie with the task of forcing the present Hessian troops into battle. The Count of Isenburg with his not very strong troops, consisting of inexperienced conscripts and mostly invalids , preferred to withdraw behind the Eder to Fritzlar . On July 22 he crossed the Fulda above Kassel . On July 23, de Broglie and his advance guard began to advance towards Sandershausen, where the Hessians had begun to take quarters. At eleven o'clock in the morning he crossed the Fulda with his infantry, followed by the cavalry.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Sandershausen
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Combatants
Hessian
France
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