Battle of Nauheim

Battle of Nauheim
Part of the Seven Years' War
Date 30 August 1762 Location Nauheim, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel Result French victory
Belligerents
Hanover Hesse-Kassel Prussia Great Britain	France
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
Units involved
Luckner's Corps British 15th Eliot's Light Horse Hereditary Prince's Corps	Réserve du Bas-Rhin Stainville's vanguard
Casualties and losses
1,398 killed, wounded or captured 2 standards, 10 guns captured	500 killed and wounded

The Battle of Nauheim (also known as the Battle of the Johannisberg or Johannesberg) took place during the Seven Years' War near Nauheim in the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel on 30 August 1762. French troops under the command of Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé defeated Hanoverian and British troops under the command of Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick.

Sources

• Biography of the Marquis of Granby
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• Mauvillon, I.; Geschichte Ferdinands Herzogs von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Part 2, Leipzig: 1794, pp. 245–249
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• Castex, Jean-Claude (2007). Dictionnaire des batailles terrestres franco-anglaises de la guerre de sept ans. Presses Université Laval. ISBN 978-2-7637-8334-5.