Battle of Bergen

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Bergen was a 1759 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which French forces under the Duc de Broglie defeated an allied army led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick near Bergen, close to Frankfurt am Main.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Bergen canonical	4
Battle of Bergen (1759)	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
AlliedCasualtiesAndLosses	about 2,500 killed, wounded and captured ⓘ
AlliedCommander	Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick ⓘ surface form: Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
AlliedStrength	approximately 35,000 soldiers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Bergen ⓘ surface form: Battle of Bergen (1759)
belligerent	Allied army of Great Britain, Hanover, Hesse-Kassel, Brunswick and Prussia ⓘ French Army ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
campaign	Western German campaign of 1759 ⓘ
chronology	occurred before the Battle of Minden in 1759 ⓘ
combatant	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover France ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
commander	Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick ⓘ surface form: Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie ⓘ surface form: Victor-François, Duc de Broglie
conflict	Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfEvent	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
date	13 April 1759 ⓘ
effectOnWar	helped France stabilize its position in western Germany in 1759 ⓘ
FrenchCasualtiesAndLosses	about 1,500 killed and wounded ⓘ
FrenchCommander	Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie ⓘ surface form: Victor-François, Duc de Broglie
FrenchStrength	approximately 28,000 soldiers ⓘ
geographicalContext	took place east of the Rhine River ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
involvedUnit	Allied Army of Ferdinand of Brunswick ⓘ French Army of the Main ⓘ
location	Bergen ⓘ Electorate of Hesse ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hesse-Kassel near Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
notableFeature	Allied frontal attacks against fortified French positions ⓘ French defensive position on heights around Bergen ⓘ
partOf	Seven Years' War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Minden campaign phase (same year, different battle) ⓘ
primaryOpposingCommanders	Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie ⓘ surface form: Victor-François, Duc de Broglie and Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
region	Hesse ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ
strategicObjective	French attempt to secure Frankfurt am Main and the Main River line ⓘ
strategicOutcome	French maintained control of Bergen and secured their position near Frankfurt ⓘ
tacticalSummary	French forces repulsed repeated Allied assaults and counterattacked successfully ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of the Seven Years' War ⓘ
year	1759 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick → notableBattle → Battle of Bergen ⓘ

Battle of Lutterberg (1758) → followedBy → Battle of Bergen ⓘ

Battle of Bergen → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Bergen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Bergen (1759)

Western German campaign of 1759 → hasBattle → Battle of Bergen ⓘ

French maintained control of Bergen and secured their position near Frankfurt → partOf → Battle of Bergen ⓘ

Allied Army of Ferdinand of Brunswick → notableBattle → Battle of Bergen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Bergen (1759)