The Battle of Ölper was a battle at

Ölper Ölper, formerly a village, is a quarter (''Stadtteil'') of the city of Braunschweig in Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies to the north of the city centre on the river Oker. It is part of the ''Stadtbezirk'' Lehndorf-Watenbüttel. History The first m ...

, 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 The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754� ...

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1761 - French campaign in West Germany – French and Allied last operations at kronoskaf.com
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