Battle of Lutterberg (1758)

Battle of Lutterberg
	Part of the Lutterberg (present-day Lower Saxony)
Result	French victory

Belligerents

Hanover

FranceCommanders and leaders Christoph von Oberg

Charles, Prince of SoubiseStrength 14,000^{[citation needed]} 42,000^{[citation needed]}Casualties and losses 3,000 to 4,000 dead or wounded
800 captured 600 dead or wounded;

The Battle of Lutterberg took place on 10 October 1758 during the Seven Years' War between a French force of 42,000 commanded by Charles, Prince of Soubise and a much smaller Anglo-German force^{[citation needed]} commanded by General Christoph Ludwig von Oberg.

The two armies clashed 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

Grand Croix

for his contributions in the battle.

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.

References

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

51°21′00″N 9°35′59″E / 51.3500°N 9.5997°E / 51.3500; 9.5997

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[1] Duffy p.116-17

[2] Jacques p.610

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