Georg Wilhelm von dem Bussche [SEP] date of death
Georg Wilhelm von dem Bussche
Georg Wilhelm von dem Bussche (19 July 1726 – 11 December 1794) was a general officer of Hanoverian soldiers during the War of the First Coalition who famously led one of the Coalition columns at the Battle of Tourcoing. He was born into a noble family in the Kingdom of Prussia but later became a page to King George II of Great Britain who was also Elector of Hanover. In 1743 he joined the Hanoverian military service and fought in the War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years'
, Souham's division seized Kortrijk on 26 April. In this skirmish, the French forced 1,500 Coalition troops under Hanoverian General Georg Wilhelm von dem Bussche to abandon the city. The Hanoverians in Bussche's detachment included two squadrons of the 9th "Bussche" Light Dragoon Regiment, one company of the 14th "Diepenbroick" Light Infantry Regiment, 200 foot soldiers from various units and a half-battery of artillery. The French Royalist units were one battalion of the "York Rangers" and two squadrons of "Uhlans Britannique".