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Battle of Gruneberg
1761
21 March 1761
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Seven Years War (Europe)

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On a fresh Allied offensive in the west, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick led a Prussian-British force into Hesse. At Gruneberg, just east of Giessen, he was defeated by French forces under
Marshal Victor-Francois Broglie, who captured 2,000 prisoners. Ferdinand was forced to withdraw, but had his revenge a few months later at Vellinghausen.


   
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