German, the term was Verlorene Haufen, which has the same meaning as the Dutch term (i.e., lost heap), the word Haufen itself being a general term for...

schwarze Haufen" ("We are Geyer's black Haufen") recalls the notion of the Haufen. The German name for a forlorn hope is Verlorener Haufen ("Lost Haufen")....

that period. At the head was a vanguard (Vortrab) also known as the Verlorener Haufen or 'forlorn hope', which in the case of the Brunswick force numbered...