Battle of Grünberg

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The Battle of Grünberg (21 March 1761) was fought between French and allied Prussian and Hanoverian troops in the Seven Years' War at village of Grünberg, Hesse, near . The French, led by the duc de Broglie, inflicted a significant defeat on the allies, taking several thousand prisoners, and capturing 18 military standards. The allied loss prompted Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick to lift the siege of Cassel and retreat.

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• The History of the Seven Years' War in Germany
• War, State, And Society in mid-eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland

Coordinates: 50°36′00″N 8°57′00″E / 50.6000°N 8.9500°E / 50.6000; 8.9500

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