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

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Warburg (Seven Years' War).

Fought July 31, 1759, between the French, 35,000 strong, under the Chevalier de May, and a largely superior force of Prussians and British, under Prince Ferdinand. The French were in danger of their flanks being turned, and after a brief engagement, retired, having lost 1,500 killed and wounded and 1,500 prisoners.