Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Bergen (Seven Years' War).

Fought April 13, 1759, between the French under the Duc de Broglie, and the Hanoverians, about 40,000 strong, under Ferdinand of Brunswick. The French gained a signal victory, and retained possession of Bergen, the recapture of which was the object of Ferdinand's advance.