Battle of Ölper | |||||||
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Part of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
France and Electorate of Saxony |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Frederick Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Oels | Brigadier Valton | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
ca.1700 | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4 officers and 145 NCOs and other ranks | 52 officers and 430 NCOs and other ranks (captured) |
The Battle of Ölper was a battle at Ölper, now a district of Brunswick, on 13 October 1761. It occurred between a Franco-Saxon force and a Brunswick-Hanoverian force, lasted long into the night and ended in a Brunswickian victory. It was part of the Seven Years' War.