These Were the Hessians - Paperbackby Bruce E. Burgoyne (Author) The ultimate outcome of the American Revolutionary War was foreordained when England turned to the European continent to obtain soldiers. Rulers of six small German states (Hesse Cassel, Hesse Hanau, Brunswick, Waldeck, Ansbach Bayreuth and Anhalt Zerbst) signed treaties with England whereby troop units were placed in English service. These Hessians represented one third of all combatants serving the Crown during the