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The Battle of Fontenoy (May 11, 1745) near Fontenoy in the Austrian Netherlands, was a French victory in the War of Austrian Succession. Combatants Prussia Spain France Electorate of Bavaria Kingdom of Naples Austria Great Britain Dutch Republic Electorate of Saxony Sardinia Russian Empire Commanders Frederick II Leopold I Leopold II Maurice de Saxe François-Marie de Broglie Charles VII Ludwig Khevenhüller Charles Alexander George II Charles Emmanuel III Empress Maria...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2855x1865, 856 KB) Summary The Battle of Fontenoy by Edouard DEtaille. ...
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// Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected...
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// Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected...
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The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). ...
French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe were besieging Tournay. An Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army under the Duke of Cumberland, known as "The Pragmatic Army" advanced to the relief of Tournay, with the British forces attacking French positions uphill. The French lost 6,000 (of 60,000 present) men, while the British lost 12,000 (of 50,000), a defeat for Cumberland's forces. His assault, carried out by 16,000 British and Hanoverian troops, repulsed repeated attacks by the finest cavalry regiments in the French Army, including the Maison du Roi, until it was defeated by a counterattack carried out by the French cavalry, 5,000 men of The Irish Brigade and the Normandy and Vaisseaux regiments of French infantry. Maurice, comte de Saxe (German Moritz Graf von Sachsen) (October 28, 1696 – November 30, 1750), Marshal General of France, the natural son of Augustus II of Poland and of the countess Aurora Königsmark, was born at Goslar. ...
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Trivia
The most celebrated anecdote of the battle relates to Sir Charles Hay, a captain in the 1st Foot Guards. On reaching the brow of the incline the columns confronted the French line of Foot. Opposite the 1st Foot Guards were the Garde Francaise. This French regiment had given way at the Battle of Dettingen and in their precipitate retreat had tipped up one of the bridges of boats. Many had drowned. Sir Charles Hay is reputed by Voltaire to have doffed his hat and bowed to the French officers saying: "We are the English Guards. We remember you from Dettingen and intend to make you swim the Scheldt as you swam the Main." The alternative story is the French officer Count of Anterroches said "English gentlemen, please shoot first!" (Messieurs les anglais, tirez les premiers!). Another version is that Sir Charles Hay said "Gentlement of the French Guard, fire first!". The French officer replied "Après vous messieurs les anglais." Hay was wounded in the battle. Combatants Britain, Hanover, Austria France Commanders George II duc de Noailles Strength 50,000 70,000 Casualties 750 8,000 The Battle of Dettingen (German: Schlacht bei Dettingen) took place on June 16 (June 27 according to the Gregorian calendar, which the English had not officially adopted), 1743 at Dettingen...
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Reputations Fontenoy gave the British Foot a reputation for stubborn determination. It caused observers to express surprise at the weak performance of troops at the Battle of Prestonpans and Falkirk later the same year. Combatants British Army Jacobites Commanders John Cope Charles Edward Stuart Strength ca. ...
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Whilst Cumberland's attack on the superior positions of the French army showed little tactical skill and his forces had to retreat, the Duke showed great personal courage.
Black Watch The brigade Cumberland commanded in the attack included the Scottish Highland Black Watch regiment. Although they had joined the British forces on the continent in 1743, this was their first battle; their courageous determination to press the attack greatly impressed the Duke of Cumberland, and they introduced the then novel technique of hurling themselves to the ground when a volley was fired at them, then leaping to their feet and firing back. This "Highland way" of fighting may have been learned in their previous role of policing the highlands. However, whilst they were away the Jacobite Rising started and in the autumn of 1745 the Black Watch was moved to the South of England to help with defence plans against any possible French invasion while the British were preoccupied further north. The Scottish Highlands are the mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. ...
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// Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected...
Notes - ^ Chandler p.306: All statistics taken from Chandler
References - Chandler, David. The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough. Spellmount Limited, (1990): ISBN 0-946771-42-1
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