Minden Day is a regimental anniversary celebrated on 1 August by certain units of the British Army. It commemorates the participation of the forerunners of the regiments in the Battle of Minden during the Seven Years' War on that date in 1759.

Who won the Battle of Minden?

The Battle of Minden was a major engagement during the Seven Years' War, fought on 1 August 1759. An Anglo-German army under the overall command of Prussian Field Marshal Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated a French army commanded by Marshal of France, Marquis de Contades.

How long did the Battle of Minden last?

The Battle of Minden was the culminating and only major battle of the campaign in 1759. In the space of a few hours on 1st August Marshal Contades, commander of the numerically superior French forces, saw the accumulated advantages of his brilliantly executed three month campaign dissipated.