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Battle of Fontenoy

The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Tournai, in Belgium. A French army of 50,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of roughly the same size, led by the Duke of Cumberland.

Battle of Fontenoy
Battle of Fontenoy · Horace Vernet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
11 May 1745
Where
Tournai
Era
Early Modern

Topics

Belgium54 BCE – today

Before and after

Second Silesian War1744 – 1745Battle of Hennersdorf1745Show on timeline

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