Hessian troops

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German soldiers auxiliary troops

Hessian troops were German auxiliary soldiers hired by the British Crown to fight against the American colonists during the American Revolutionary War.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German soldiers → auxiliary troops →
allegiance	British Crown → German principalities →
approximateStrength	30000 →
casualtiesAndLosses	several thousand dead, wounded, or captured during the war →
commandedBy	Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg → Johann Rall → Leopold Philip de Heister → Wilhelm von Knyphausen →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
countryOfOrigin	Anhalt-Zerbst → Ansbach-Bayreuth → Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel → Hesse-Hanau → Hesse-Kassel → Waldeck →
deployedTo	Canada → Caribbean → Thirteen Colonies →
employedBy	British Crown → Kingdom of Great Britain →
endTime	1783 →
historicalReputation	viewed by many American colonists as foreign mercenaries →
legalStatus	auxiliaries rather than mercenaries under 18th-century law →
notableEngagement	Battle of Brandywine → Battle of Germantown → Battle of Long Island → Battle of Trenton → Battle of White Plains → Siege of Savannah → Siege of Yorktown →
opposed	American colonists → Continental Army →
paidBy	British government →
postwarOutcome	many soldiers settled in North America after the war →
primaryLanguage	German →
primaryTheater	North America →
recruitedBy	Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel →
serviceBranch	artillery → cavalry → infantry → jäger light infantry →
startTime	1776 →
timePeriod	1776–1783 →
treatyBasis	subsidy treaties between Britain and German princes →
uniformColor	blue coats →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg ("Hessian army") → Leopold Philip de Heister ("Hessian Army") → Wilhelm von Knyphausen ("Hessian Army") →	militaryBranch
British Army under Cornwallis ("Hessian auxiliary troops") →	composition
Loyalist provincial corps ("Hessian auxiliary troops") →	distinctFrom
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ("Hessian Army") →	employer
Battle of Warburg ("Hessian Army") →	hasParticipant
Continental Army →	opposedBy