...Cumberland decides to cross the Weser south …
Years: 1757 - 1757
June
...Cumberland decides to cross the Weser south of Minden into the territory of the Electorate of Hanover itself, while he tries to ready his troops.
The main idea is to use the Weser as a natural defense line and to make it impossible for the French troops to cross the river.
The main idea is to use the Weser as a natural defense line and to make it impossible for the French troops to cross the river.
Locations
People
- Charles, Prince of Soubise
- Frederick the Great
- George II of Great Britain
- Louis Charles César Le Tellier
- Louis XV of France
- Maria Theresa
- Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen
- Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
Groups
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of
- Saxony, Electorate of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate of
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Bavaria, Electorate of
- Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electorate of (Electorate of Hanover)
- Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of
- Prussia, Kingdom of
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Russian Empire
