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.

Designation	Inhaber	from	until
Erste Garde	Landgraf Friedrich II.	1760	1785
Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Zweite Garde, 1760	Landgraf Wilhelm VIII.	1751	1760
Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Zweite Garde, 1760	Landgraf Friedrich II.	1760	1785
Leibgarde zu Fuß Dritte Garde, 1760	Landgraf Wilhelm VIII.	1751	1760
Leibgarde zu Fuß Dritte Garde, 1760	Landgraf Friedrich II.	1760	1785
Infanterie-Regiment Erbprinz Vierte Garde, 1760	Landgraf Wilhelm VIII.	1751	1760
Infanterie-Regiment Erbprinz Vierte Garde, 1760	Landgraf Friedrich II.	1760	1785
Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Anhalt	Prinz Friedrich von Hessen	1756	1760
Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Anhalt	Landgraf Friedrich II. von Hessen	1760	1785
Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Karl	Prinz Karl von Hessen	1756	1763
Infanterie-Regiment Prinz Ysenburg Infanterie-Regiment von Bischhausen Infanterie-Regiment von Wilcke	GM Prinz J. C. zu Ysenburg	1756	1759
	Oberst von Bischhausen	1759	1762
	Generalmajor von Wilcke	1762	1763
Infanterie-Regiment von Mansbach	Generalmajor von Mansbach	1756	1763
Infanterie-Regiment von Fürstenberg Infanterie-Regiment von Gilsa	Generalmajor von Fürstenberg	1756	1759
	Generalleutnant von Gilsa	1759	1763
Infanterie-Regiment von Canitz Infanterie-Regiment von der Malsburg	von Canitz	1756	1759
	von der Malsburg	1759	1766
Infanterie-Regiment von Haudring Infanterie-Regiment von Capellan Infanterie-Regiment von Toll Füsilier-Regiment von Bartheld	Oberst von Haudring	1756	1757
	Oberst von Capellan	1757	1758
	Generalmajor von Toll	1758	1760
	Generalleutnant von Bartheld	1760	1763
Füsilier-Regiment Prinz Wilhelm (Hanau)	Oberst Prinz Wilhelm von Hessen	1756	1763
Land-Grenadier-Bataillon Grenadier-Regiment von Blome Grenadier-Regiment von Wulknitz	Generalleutnant von Blome	1756	1760
	Generalleutnant von Blome	1760	1762
	Generalmajor von Wulknitz	1762	1763
Land-Regiment von Gundlach	von Gundlach	1756	1763
Land-Regiment von Wurmb	von Wurmb	1756	1763
Land-Regiment von Freywald	von Freywald	1756	1763

Hesse-Cassel regiments again served in English pay during the American Revolutionary War.

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