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Heinrich von Breymann
German military officer
Oberstleutnant Heinrich von Breymann (died 1777) was a German military officer from the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel who fought in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as the commander of Von Breyman's Grenadier Battalion, a battalion of grenadiers who fought in British service against the American Patriots.
Under the command of British Army officer General John Burgoyne, von Breymann fought in the Battle of Bennington and the Battles of Saratoga. On 7 October 1777 during the battles of Saratoga, von Breymann's unit was driven behind a redoubt by American troops; he grew frustrated with his own men and began attacking four soldiers with his sabre before von Breymann was shot and killed by one of them.[1][2]
