Battle of Langensalza (1761)
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Battle of Langensalza | |||||||
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Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Prussia Hanover |
France Saxony | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Friedrich Wilhelm von Syburg Friedrich von Spörcken |
Jacques Philippe de Choiseul-Stainville Friedrich Christoph zu Solms-Wildenfels |
The Battle of Langensalza (10 February 1761) was an engagement between French forces and allied Prussian and Hanoverian forces during the Seven Years' War. It was fought near Langensalza in what is now eastern Germany. An allied advance surprised the French, resulting in the capture of 2,000 French soldiers.
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Coordinates: 51°06′29″N 10°38′48″E / 51.1080°N 10.6468°E
Categories:
- Conflicts in 1761
- Battles of the Seven Years' War
- Battles involving France
- Battles involving Great Britain
- Battles involving Prussia
- 1761 in the Holy Roman Empire
- Battles in Thuringia
- French battle stubs