Hesse-Hanau troops in the American Revolutionary War

Troops from Hesse-Hanau served as auxiliaries to the British Army during the American Revolutionary War, in accordance with the treaty of 1776 between Great Britain and the small principality.

As compensation, the reigning Count of Hesse-Hanau received a total of 343,110 pounds sterling from the British government.

[1] William, the hereditary prince of Hesse-Cassel, and the reigning count of Hesse-Hanau, offered the service of five hundred soldiers to his uncle, King George III of Great Britain.

Subsequently a subsidy treaty was negotiated between Great Britain and Hesse-Hanau by Colonel William Faucitt and Baron Friedrich von der Malsburg.

[3] In 1777 a fifth Jäger company was sent, and through yet an additional convention of January 15, 1781 a free corps of 830 light infantry embarked as the last Hanau troops for North America.