File:Combat of Amöneburg.jpg

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Map of the Combat of Amöneburg fought on September 21 1762.

Source: picture taken by jws at the museum of the battlefield

Copyright: Amöneburg battlefield museum who has kindly authorised jws to take this picture

Black symbols indicate Allied units, hollowed symbols French units

M : Brücker Mühle
W : Brücker Tavern
Z : Brick shed
1 : Allied redoubt to the north-east of the bridge
2 : 2 Hessian howitzers which were cannonaded by the French batteries
3 : 6 Hessian 12-pdrs arriving from the camp of Stausebach near Kirchhain around 8:00 AM
4 : 6 Bückeburger 6-pdrs which were reinforced by 6 Hanoverian 12-pdrs around 5:00 PM
5 : 6 Hessian 12-pdrs planted there around 3:00 PM
6 : Allied infantry units 7 : Allied cavalry units 8 : Allied garrison of the castle of Amöneburg


A : French entrenchments
a : French infantry who attacked the Allied redoubt and were reinforced from time to time
B : French batteries who bombarded the castle of Amöneburg
C : French batteries on the eastern side of Amöneburg
D : Positions of the French army
d: Positions of the French units supporting the troops attacking the Allied redoubt

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