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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Hessian troops canonical	6
Hessian Army	5
Hessian army	2
Hessian auxiliary troops	2
German auxiliary troops (Hessians)	1
Hessian Jäger corps	1
Hessian military units	1

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 ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Hesse-Kassel ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ British capture of Savannah ⓘ surface form: Siege of Savannah Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
opposed	American colonists ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ
paidBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: 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 (18)

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Continental Army → opposedBy → Hessian troops ⓘ

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel → employer → Hessian troops ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

this entity surface form: Hessian Army

Loyalist provincial corps → distinctFrom → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hessian auxiliary troops

Leopold Philip de Heister → militaryBranch → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hessian Army

Wilhelm von Knyphausen → militaryBranch → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hessian Army

Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg → militaryBranch → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hessian army

Battle of Warburg → hasParticipant → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hessian Army

British Army under Cornwallis → composition → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hessian auxiliary troops

Forage War → belligerent → Hessian troops ⓘ

Fort Mercer → opponent → Hessian troops ⓘ

Battle of Cooch’s Bridge → combatant → Hessian troops ⓘ

de Heister → militaryBranch → Hessian troops ⓘ

subject surface form: Leopold Philip de Heister

this entity surface form: Hessian army

Hessian auxiliary corps in North America → notableUnit → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hessian Jäger corps

Chatterton Hill → combatantsInvolved → Hessian troops ⓘ

Vermont militia → opponent → Hessian troops ⓘ

Flag of the Electorate of Hesse → usedBy → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hessian military units

Allied forces → hasMember → Hessian troops ⓘ

subject surface form: Allied forces (Seven Years' War)

this entity surface form: Hessian Army

Bemis Heights → opposedBy → Hessian troops ⓘ

this entity surface form: German auxiliary troops (Hessians)