| Battle of Vilshofen | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Austrian Succession | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Austria |
 France  Bavaria with Hessian support | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maximilian Ulysses Browne | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | 4,000–6,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown, likely low; General Browne wounded | 3,000 butchered, up to 6,000 killed or wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Vilshofen was fought on 28 March 1745 between France and Austria. The Austrians won the battle, before plundering Vilshofen.
Before the battle, a sizeable number of Bavarians and Hessians, likely numbering around 4,000–6,000 men, curbed Austrian advances for five days.[1] On 28 March 1745, Austrian general Maximilian Ulysses Browne led troops into Vilshofen.[2] As the mostly Croatian troops entered the city, they began to plunder and loot the city, burning it to the ground.[2] 3,000 of the Hessian defenders were butchered.[2] Browne was wounded by his own men while trying to stop the frenzy.[1][2][3] Following the battle, Browne recovered from his wounds in Passau.[3] Up to 6,000 of the Hessians may have died in the Battle of Vilshofen.[2]
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- ^ a b c d e Thomas Carlyle (1880). "History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great". Google Books. Harper. p. 76. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ a b George B. Clark (2010). Irish Soldiers in Europe, 17th-19th Century. Mercier Press. p. 206. ISBN 9781856356626. Retrieved 3 April 2023.