Battle of Hastenbeck

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The Battle of Hastenbeck was a 1757 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which French forces defeated the Hanoverian army, leading to the temporary French occupation of Hanover.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Schlacht bei Hastenbeck
associatedWith Duke of Cumberland's resignation from command
French control of Hanover in 1757
belligerent Brunswick troops
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg

Electorate of Hanover
Hessian troops
Kingdom of France
campaign French campaign in Western Germany (1757)
cause French attempt to overrun Hanover and pressure Britain
combatantSide France
Hanoverian Army
surface form: Hanoverian Army of Observation
commander Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées
Duke of Cumberland
surface form: William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
conflict Seven Years' War
countryAftermath occupation of Hanover by France in 1757
countryInvolved Great Britain
date 26 July 1757
effect retreat of the Hanoverian army
signing of the Convention of Klosterzeven
temporary French occupation of Hanover
followedBy Convention of Klosterzeven
geographicalContext near the Weser River
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period
historicalPeriod 18th century
involvedUnit French royal forces
surface form: French Royal Army

Hanoverian Army
surface form: Hanoverian Army of Observation
location Electorate of Hanover
near Hastenbeck
present-day Lower Saxony, Germany
militaryObjective French breakthrough into northern Germany
defence of Hanover by the Army of Observation
notableFeature French flank attack through wooded terrain
Hanoverian defensive position on heights near Hastenbeck
partOf Seven Years' War
surface form: Anglo-French War (1756–1763)

Lower Rhine campaign
surface form: French operations on the Lower Rhine
precededBy French invasion of Hanover (1757)
region Lower Saxony
relatedEvent Battle of Krefeld
Battle of Minden
result French victory
theatre European theatre of the Seven Years' War
typeOfConflict land battle
year 1757

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Marshal de Contades notableBattle Battle of Hastenbeck
Prince of Soubise battle Battle of Hastenbeck
subject surface form: Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise
Hanoverian Army notableBattle Battle of Hastenbeck