The Army of Hesse-Cassel during the Seven Years’ War, 1756–1763
The army of the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel was paid by England to fight for the Anglo-Prussian alliance during the Seven Years’ War. In 1756, eight Hessian battalions were transferred to Britian, to avert the danger of a French invasion of Britain. These units returned to Germany at the end of 1757, and joined the allied Army of Observation under Prinz Ferdinand von Braunschweig at Hamelin.
Hesse-Cassel infantry battalions had a nominal strength of 773 men, organised in 10 companies. Each company seconded eight men to the grenadier company of the battalion. The converged grenadier companies of the eleven infantry battalions and the Leib-Garde zu Fuß formed two grenadier battalions of 480 men each.
Regiment | Proprietor | Year |
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Nr. 1 – Leibgarde zu Fuß | Landgraf Wilhelm VIII. | 1751–1760 |
Nr. 1 – Dritte Garde | Landgraf Friedrich II. | 1760–1785 |
Nr. 2 – Infanterie-Regiment von Haudring | Oberst von Haudring | 1756–1757 |
Nr. 2 – Infanterie-Regiment von Capellan | Oberst von Capellan | 1757–1758 |
Nr. 2 – Infanterie-Regiment von Toll | Generalmajor von Toll | 1758–1760 |
Nr. 2 – Füsilier-Regiment von Bartheld | Generalleutnant von Bartheld | 1760–1763 |
Nr. 3 – Infanterie-Regiment von Fürstenberg | Generalmajor von Fürstenberg | 1756–1759 |
Nr. 3 – Infanterie-Regiment von Gilsa | Generalleutnant von Gilsa | 1759–1760 |
Nr. 3 – Füsilier-Regiment von Gilsa | Generalleutnant von Gilsa | 1760–1763 |
Nr. 4 – Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Ysenburg | GM J. C. Prinz zu Isenburg | 1756–1759 |
Nr. 4 – Infanterie-Regiment von Bischhausen | Oberst von Bischhausen | 1759–1762 |
Nr. 4 – Infanterie-Regiment von Wilcke | Generalmajor von Wilcke | 1762–1763 |
Nr. 5 – Leib-Regiment | Landgraf Wilhelm VIII. | 1751–1760 |
Nr. 5 – Infanterie-Regiment von Wutginau | Landgraf Friedrich II. | 1760–1776 |
Nr. 6 – Garde-Grenadier-Regiment | Landgraf Wilhelm VIII. | 1751–1760 |
Nr. 6 – Zweite Garde | Landgraf Friedrich II. | 1760–1785 |
Nr. 7 – Infanterie-Regiment Erbprinz | Landgraf Wilhelm VIII. | 1751–1760 |
Nr. 7 – Vierte Garde | Landgraf Friedrich II. | 1760–1785 |
Nr. 8 – Infanterie-Regiment von Mansbach | Generalmajor von Mansbach | 1756–1763 |
Nr. 9 – Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Karl | Prinz Karl von Hessen | 1756–1763 |
Nr. 10 – Infanterie-Regiment von Canitz | von Canitz | 1756–1759 |
Nr. 10 – Infanterie-Regiment von der Malsburg | von der Malsburg | 1759–1766 |
Nr. 11 – Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Anhalt | Prinz Friedrich von Hessen | 1756–1760 |
Nr. 11 – Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Anhalt | Landgraf Friedrich II. von Hessen | 1760–1785 |
Nr. 12 – Füsilier-Regiment Prinz Wilhelm (Hanau) | Oberst Prinz Wilhelm von Hessen | 1756–1763 |
Nr. 13 – Erste Garde | Landgraf Friedrich II. | 1760–1785 |
Nr. I – Land-Grenadier-Bataillon | Generalleutnant von Blome | 1756–1760 |
Nr. I – Grenadier-Regiment von Blome | Generalleutnant von Blome | 1760–1762 |
Nr. I – Grenadier-Regiment von Wulknitz | Generalmajor von Wulknitz | 1762–1763 |
Nr. III – Land-Regiment von Gundlach | von Gundlach | 1756–1763 |
Nr. II – Land-Regiment von Wurmb | von Wurmb | 1756–1763 |
Nr. IV – Land-Regiment von Freywald | von Freywald | 1756–1763 |
Hesse-Cassel regiments again served in English pay during the American Revolutionary War.
Bibliography
- Reden, Johann Wilhelm von: Feldzüge der Alliierten Armee in den Jahren 1757 bis 1762 (Hamb. 1805)