German auxiliaries (Hessians)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_auxiliaries_(Hessians)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit mercenary soldiers
gptkbp:activeYears	1776-1783
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Hessians German mercenaries
gptkbp:armament	gptkb:sword shooting artillery
gptkbp:capturedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Trenton
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Carl_von_Donop gptkb:Friedrich_von_Lossberg gptkb:Wilhelm_von_Knyphausen gptkb:Johann_Rall
gptkbp:disbanded	1783
gptkbp:foughtIn	gptkb:Continental_Army American revolutionaries
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith	gptkb:Great_Britain
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	German auxiliaries (Hessians)
gptkbp:language	gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Trenton
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Washington gptkb:Battle_of_Bennington gptkb:Battle_of_White_Plains gptkb:Surrender_at_Trenton gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:academic military professionalism role in British campaigns in America
gptkbp:notablyFrom	gptkb:Brunswick gptkb:Anhalt-Zerbst gptkb:Ansbach-Bayreuth gptkb:Hesse-Hanau gptkb:Hesse-Kassel Waldeck
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	about 30,000
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:German_states
gptkbp:pays	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:recruitedFrom	gptkb:Count_William_of_Hesse-Hanau gptkb:Duke_Charles_I_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel gptkb:Landgrave_Frederick_II_of_Hesse-Kassel gptkb:Margrave_Alexander_of_Ansbach-Bayreuth gptkb:Prince_Frederick_Augustus_of_Anhalt-Zerbst gptkb:Prince_Frederick_of_Waldeck
gptkbp:servedIn	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:someSettledIn	gptkb:Canada gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
gptkbp:uniform	blue
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Saratoga
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5