Battle of Dettingen

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Dettingen was a 1743 engagement in the War of the Austrian Succession in which British and allied forces defeated the French, notable as the last time a reigning British monarch personally led troops in battle.

Aliases (2)

Dettingen ×2
Schlacht bei Dettingen ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alliedCommander	George II of Great Britain → John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair →
alsoKnownAs	Schlacht bei Dettingen →
associatedWith	Dettingen Te Deum by George Frideric Handel →
belligerent	Electorate of Hanover → Great Britain → Habsburg Monarchy → Kingdom of France → Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel →
campaign	1743 campaign in Germany →
casualtiesAndLosses	around 2,000 Allied killed and wounded (approximate) → around 4,000–5,000 French killed, wounded, and captured (approximate) →
cause	dispute over the Austrian succession after the death of Charles VI →
combatantStrength	approximately 23,000–26,000 French troops engaged → approximately 35,000 Allied troops →
commander	George II of Great Britain → Jean Baptiste François de La Baume, Marquis de La Valette → Noailles, Adrien Maurice de →
conflict	War of the Austrian Succession →
country	Germany (modern) →
date	16 June 1743 (Old Style) → 27 June 1743 →
followedBy	Battle of Fontenoy →
frenchCommander	Adrien Maurice de Noailles → Louis de Noailles →
hasParticipant	British Army → French Army → Hanoverian Army → Hessian troops →
historicalSignificance	symbolic assertion of British support for the Habsburg succession →
location	Dettingen am Main → Electorate of Mainz → Holy Roman Empire →
monarchPresent	George II of Great Britain →
monarchRole	George II personally present on the battlefield →
notableFor	last time a reigning British monarch personally led troops in battle →
partOf	War of the Austrian Succession →
precededBy	Battle of Campo Santo →
result	Allied victory →
river	Main River →
strategicObjective	relief of the Allied army threatened with encirclement near the Main River →
territorialContext	took place in the Holy Roman Empire →
theatre	German theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession →
year	1743 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Dettingen ("Schlacht bei Dettingen") →	alsoKnownAs
6th Regiment of Foot ("Dettingen") →	battleHonour
Blues and Royals ("Dettingen") →	battleHonoursInclude
War of the Austrian Succession →	majorBattle
George II of Great Britain →	notableBattle
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland →	notableEvent