Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Hessians /ˈhɛʃən/ is the term given to the 18th-century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by the British government, which found it easier to borrow money to pay for their service than to recruit its own soldiers. They took their name from the German state of Hesse-Kassel. The British hired Hessian troops for combat duty in several eighteenth century conflicts, but they are most widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).About 30,000 German soldiers fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War, making up a quarter of the soldiers the British sent to America. They entered the British service as entire units, fighting under their own German flags, commanded by their usual officers, and wearing their existing uniforms. The largest contingent came from the state of Hesse, which supplied about 40% of the German troops who fought for the British. The others were rented from other small German states. Several more German units were placed on garrison duty in the British Isles to free up British regulars for service in North America.Patriot propaganda presented the soldiers as foreign mercenaries with no stake in America. Many of the men were press-ganged into Hessian service. Deserters were summarily executed or beaten by an entire company. Hessian prisoners of war were put to work on local farms and were offered land bounties to desert, which many did."@en }
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- Hessian_(soldier) abstract "Hessians /ˈhɛʃən/ is the term given to the 18th-century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by the British government, which found it easier to borrow money to pay for their service than to recruit its own soldiers. They took their name from the German state of Hesse-Kassel. The British hired Hessian troops for combat duty in several eighteenth century conflicts, but they are most widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).About 30,000 German soldiers fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War, making up a quarter of the soldiers the British sent to America. They entered the British service as entire units, fighting under their own German flags, commanded by their usual officers, and wearing their existing uniforms. The largest contingent came from the state of Hesse, which supplied about 40% of the German troops who fought for the British. The others were rented from other small German states. Several more German units were placed on garrison duty in the British Isles to free up British regulars for service in North America.Patriot propaganda presented the soldiers as foreign mercenaries with no stake in America. Many of the men were press-ganged into Hessian service. Deserters were summarily executed or beaten by an entire company. Hessian prisoners of war were put to work on local farms and were offered land bounties to desert, which many did.".
- Q14646630 abstract "Hessians /ˈhɛʃən/ is the term given to the 18th-century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by the British government, which found it easier to borrow money to pay for their service than to recruit its own soldiers. They took their name from the German state of Hesse-Kassel. The British hired Hessian troops for combat duty in several eighteenth century conflicts, but they are most widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).About 30,000 German soldiers fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War, making up a quarter of the soldiers the British sent to America. They entered the British service as entire units, fighting under their own German flags, commanded by their usual officers, and wearing their existing uniforms. The largest contingent came from the state of Hesse, which supplied about 40% of the German troops who fought for the British. The others were rented from other small German states. Several more German units were placed on garrison duty in the British Isles to free up British regulars for service in North America.Patriot propaganda presented the soldiers as foreign mercenaries with no stake in America. Many of the men were press-ganged into Hessian service. Deserters were summarily executed or beaten by an entire company. Hessian prisoners of war were put to work on local farms and were offered land bounties to desert, which many did.".