battle, early modern
Battle of Corbach
Battle of Corbach was a battle fought on 10 July 1760 at Korbach, in what is now Germany. It was part of the Seven Years' War, which ran from 1756 to 1763. The recorded result: French victory.
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Record
| Date | 10 July 1760 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Korbach, Germany 51.283N, 8.867E | |
| Part of | Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763) | |
| Kind | Battle, early modern | |
| Result | French victory | |
| Belligerents | Hanover; Kingdom of Great Britain; Brunswick; Hesse-Kassel; (or Hesse-Cassel) | France |
| Commanders | Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie; Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau |
| Strength | 15,000 to 20,000: 8,000 to 8,500 Hanoverian infantry; 3,500 to 3,800 British infantry; 2,500 to 2,700 Hessian infantry; 1,000 to 1,200 Brunswick infantry; 600 Hanoverian cavalry; 300 British cavalry; 250 Hessian cavalry; 13 British Guns; 8 Hanoverian Guns; 400 to 500 with Luckner | 7,000 to 12,000 initially, rising to 20,000: 1,000 to 1,200 cavalry; 24 Guns |
| Casualties and losses | 800 to 1,000 dead, wounded or captured; 18 guns lost | 700 to 800 |
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In the same war
- Before: Battle of Restigouche 8 July 1760
- After: Siege of Dresden 13 July 1760
- All 114 engagements of Seven Years' War
Elsewhere in 1760
- Battle of Torgau Germany
- Siege of Fort Loudoun United States
- Siege of Quebec Canada
- Battle of Neustadt (1760) Poland
- Siege of Wittemberg Germany
Battle of Corbach is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 395 in present-day Germany.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870790, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Corbach, revision 1370109241, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.