The Non-Hessian German Soldiers of the American Revolution
On 9 January 1776, while seeking assistance in suppressing the colonial rebellion in North America, Great Britain entered into its first formal military alliance with a German state since the start of the conflict – in exchange for the sum of 64,500 Banco-Thaler, Britain would receive 3,964 infantrymen and 336 light cavalrymen to assist in combat operations in North America.