Hessian auxiliary corps in North America

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auxiliary military force early modern mercenary contingent

The Hessian auxiliary corps in North America were German troops hired by Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War to bolster its forces against the rebelling colonies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf auxiliary military force ⓘ
early modern mercenary contingent ⓘ
aftermath many soldiers settled in North America after the war ⓘ
alsoFromState Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Landgraviate of Hesse-Hanau ⓘ
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ
surface form: Margraviate of Ansbach-Bayreuth

Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst ⓘ
Principality of Waldeck ⓘ
approximateStrength about 30000 soldiers ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses thousands killed, wounded, captured, or deserted ⓘ
commander Carl von Donop ⓘ
Friedrich Adolf Riedesel ⓘ
Johann Rall ⓘ
Leopold Philipp von Heister ⓘ
Wilhelm von Knyphausen ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
employer Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
financedBy British subsidies to German princes ⓘ
historicalReputation often portrayed as mercenaries by American revolutionaries ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legacy contributed to German-American communities in the United States and Canada ⓘ
legalStatus auxiliaries under subsidy treaties ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Brandywine ⓘ
Battle of Fort Washington ⓘ
Battle of Germantown ⓘ
Battle of Long Island ⓘ
Battle of Trenton ⓘ
Battle of White Plains ⓘ
Siege of Savannah ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
notableEvent capture of large Hessian force at Trenton in 1776 ⓘ
notableUnit Hessian troops ⓘ
surface form: Hessian Jäger corps

Rall’s brigade at Trenton ⓘ
opponent Continental Army ⓘ
Patriot militias ⓘ
partOf British Army in North America ⓘ
surface form: British forces in the American Revolutionary War
primaryOriginState Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ
surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
recruitmentBasis conscription in German principalities ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
startTime 1776 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations North America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
typeOfService artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
light troops (jägers) ⓘ
usedBy British Army ⓘ

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Wilhelm von Knyphausen → commanded → Hessian auxiliary corps in North America ⓘ