Battle of Villinghausen - wikipedia Battle of Villinghausen Battle of Villinghausen Part of the Seven Years ' War Bataille de Willinghausen, print, Frankfurt 1789 Date 15 -- 16 July 1761 Location Vellinghausen, near Hamm, present - day Germany Result Prussian - Hanoverian - British victory Belligerents Prussia Hanover Great Britain France Commanders and leaders Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick Duc de Broglie Prince de Soubise Strength ~ 65,000 ~ 90,000 Casualties and losses 1,400 5,000 ( Broglie 4,700, Soubise 300 ) Seven Years ' War : European theatre Bohemia and Moravia Lobositz Reichenberg Prague Siege of Prague Kolín Olomouc Domstadtl Prussian Bohemia Incursion Westphalia, Hesse, Lower Saxony Hastenbeck Rheinberg Krefeld 1st Lutterberg Bergen Minden Corbach Emsdorf Warburg Kloster Kampen Langensalza 1st Cassel Grünberg Villinghausen Ölper Wilhelmsthal 2nd Lutterberg Nauheim 2nd Cassel Upper Saxony Pirna Rossbach Hochkirch Hoyerswerda Maxen Meissen Dresden Torgau Freiberg Brandenburg 1st Berlin Zorndorf Kay Kunersdorf 2nd Berlin Silesia Moys Breslau Leuthen Breslau siege Landeshut Glatz Liegnitz Burkersdorf East Prussia Gross - Jägersdorf Pomeranian War Stralsund Tornow Fehrbellin Güstow Frisches Haff Pasewalk Kolberg Neuensund Neukalen Fantastic War Almeida Valencia de Alcántara Vila Velha de Ródão Marvão Naval Operations Fort St Philip Minorca Rochefort Cartagena Bay of Biscay St Malo Cherbourg Saint Cast Britain Quiberon Bay Belle Île Cádiz Cape Finisterre The Battle of Villinghausen ( or Vellinghausen ) was a battle in the Seven Years ' War fought on the 15th and 16th of July, 1761, between a large French army and a combined Prussian - Hanoverian - British force led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. Contents 1 Background 2 Battle 3 Aftermath 4 Other notable officers and regiments 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 Sources Background Two French armies, under two Marshals, Duc de Broglie and Prince de Soubise met up in July 1761, intending to force Prince Ferdinand out of Lippstadt, an important town. Allied reinforcements under General Spörcken arrived bringing Ferdinand 's forces up to 65,000 while the combined French armies numbered around 90,000. Battle The allied Prussian - Hanoverian - British forces lined up along a series of hills, with their left anchored by the Lippe River ( in the north ), and the Ahse River in their centre. The French army advanced on 15 July, and Broglie 's troops in the north made progress against German troops under Wutginau. However, British troops under Granby just south of Wutginau held their ground and the French assault stalled. Reinforcements for both sides arrived that night and Ferdinand strengthened his left at the expense of his right. The next morning, Broglie continued his attack on the Allied left, expecting Soubise to attack the weakened Allied right. However, Soubise only ordered a few small actions against the right, due in part that both French commanders were the same rank and reluctant to take orders from the other. Allied reinforcements under Wolff soon arrived along the Lippe River and attacked the French flank, halting Broglie 's attack and forcing his men to withdraw. By about noon, the French were in full retreat and the battle was over. Aftermath Monument to the battle News of the battle provoked euphoria in Britain, and led William Pitt to take a much tougher line in the ongoing peace negotiations with France. Despite the defeat the French still had a significant superiority in numbers and continued their offensive, although the two armies split again and operated independently. Despite further attempts to push an offensive strategy in Germany, the French were pushed back and finished the war in 1762 having lost the strategic post of Cassel. The Treaty of Paris led France to evacuate the remaining German territory it had occupied during the war. Other notable officers and regiments Lieutenant General John Manners, Marquess of Granby, 21st Regiment of ( Light ) Dragoons ( Royal Forresters ) Lieutenant - Colonel ( brevet ) Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis ( later 1st Marquess Cornwallis ), 12th Regiment of Foot Major General George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend ( later 1st Marquess Townshend ), possibly the 24th Regiment of Foot Pierre - François, Marquess of Rougé, lieutenant - general, who died in action at this Battle, such as his cousin the Duke of Croÿ - Havré See also Great Britain in the Seven Years War France in the Seven Years War References Jump up ^ Szabo p. 352 Jump up ^ Szabo p. 353 Bibliography Szabo, Franz A.J. The Seven Years War in Europe, 1757 - 1763. Pearson, 2008. Sources Military History Encyclopedia BritishBattles.com Coordinates : 51 ° 39 ′ 44 '' N 7 ° 59 ′ 43 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.66222 ° N 7.99528 ° E ﻿ / 51.66222 ; 7.99528 GND : 4230382 - 5 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Villinghausen&oldid=785216445 '' Categories : Conflicts in 1761 Battles of the Seven Years ' War Battles involving France Battles involving Great Britain Battles involving Prussia Battles in North Rhine - Westphalia 1761 in the Holy Roman Empire 1761 events Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Coordinates on Wikidata Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français 한국어 Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Русский Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 12 June 2017, at 07 : 32. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: in which country did the 1761 'battle of villinghausen' take place
Answer: Germany