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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Armies]] &gt;&gt; [[Hesse-Kassel Army]] &gt;&gt; [[Hesse-Kassel Hussars]] &gt;&gt; {{PAGENAME}}</small> ==Probably August 10, 1760 – Gottsbüren== Two [[Hesse-Kassel Hussars|Hessian hussars]] buried, killed the same day at Sababurg by cannon shot as our people (resisted?) 4,000 French troops which remained four days in the area, intending to cross the Weser to invade Hanoverian territory. :Note: On that day, Colonel Donop attacked and dislodged the [[Volontaires de Saint-Victor]] (2,000 men), who had been detached into the woods of Sababurg to protect [[Broglie, Victor François, Duc de|Broglie]]'s line of communication with [[Franz Xaver|Prince Xavier]]. ==References== '''Acknowledgement''' Stephen Westfall for this glimpse of daily life during the Seven Years' War. [[Category:Voices from the Past]]

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