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Battle of Lutterberg (1758)

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Battle of Lutterberg
Part of the Seven Years' War
Date10 October 1758
Location
Lutterberg, Germany
Result French victory
Belligerents
Province of Hanover Hanover
United Kingdom Great Britain		 France France
Commanders and leaders
Christoph von Oberg France Prince de Soubise
For the 1762 battle, see Battle of Lutterberg (1762).

The Battle of Lutterberg took place on 10 October 1758 during the Seven Years War between a French force of 42,000 commanded by the Prince de Soubise and a much smaller Anglo-German force commanded by General Christoph Ludwig von Oberg.

The two armies clashes near the town of Lutterberg, Lower Saxony. The 14,000 mostly Prussian Allied troops, were overwhelmed by several charges of French cavalry and were forced to withdraw.[1] Despite having won a decisive victory, Soubise was slow to pursue the retreating enemy - causing his superiors in Paris to replace him with the Marquis de Contades.[2]

Soubise earned a Marshall’s baton for this victory.

References

  1. ^ Duffy p.116-17
  2. ^ Jacques p.610

Bibliography

  • Duffy, Christopher. The Military Experience in the Age of Reason. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.
  • Jacques, Tony. The Dictionary of Battles and Sieges, F-O. Greenwood Press, 2007.
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