Battle of Bergen

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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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Generate an image of the Battle of Bergen (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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Battle of Bergen canonical 10
Battle of Bergen (1759) 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
AlliedCasualtiesAndLosses about 2,500 killed, wounded and captured ⓘ
AlliedCommander Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
AlliedStrength approximately 35,000 soldiers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Bergen (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bergen
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 ⓘ
Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
commander Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
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, 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-Kassel ⓘ
linked to: Electorate of Hesse

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, 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 ⓘ

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

Battle of Lutterberg (1758) → followedBy → Battle of Bergen ⓘ
Battle of Bergen → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Bergen (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bergen
Western German campaign of 1759 → hasBattle → Battle of Bergen ⓘ
Allied Army of Ferdinand of Brunswick → notableBattle → Battle of Bergen (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bergen
Battle of Lutterberg → followedBy → Battle of Bergen ⓘ
French army in Westphalia → engagedIn → Battle of Bergen (1759) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Bergen
Bergen → eventLocation → Battle of Bergen ⓘ
Seven Years' War → notableBattle → Battle of Bergen ⓘ
subject linked to: Bergen
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick → notableBattle → Battle of Bergen ⓘ
Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick → notableBattle → Battle of Bergen ⓘ
Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick → defeatIn → Battle of Bergen ⓘ