Pragmatic Army

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coalition army military alliance

The Pragmatic Army was an allied force of British, Hanoverian, Dutch, and Austrian troops formed during the War of the Austrian Succession to oppose French expansion in Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Pragmatic Army canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coalition army ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
activeDuring 1740s ⓘ
allianceWith Dutch Republic ⓘ
Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
battle Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ
Battle of Rocoux ⓘ
conflict War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
country Dutch Republic ⓘ
Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateFormed 1741 ⓘ
follows Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession) ⓘ
surface form: Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
hasPart Austrian Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Army ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Army

Hanoverian Army ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
namedAfter Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession) ⓘ
surface form: Pragmatic Sanction
notableCommander Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
John Ligonier ⓘ
objective oppose French expansion in Europe ⓘ
support the Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
opponent French Army ⓘ
opposed Kingdom of France ⓘ
partOf Grand Alliance against France ⓘ
purpose defend Maria Theresa’s succession rights ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Flanders ⓘ
Germany ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Rocoux → combatantSide → Pragmatic Army ⓘ
French Flanders campaign of 1745 → opponent → Pragmatic Army ⓘ
1747 Flanders campaign → opponent → Pragmatic Army ⓘ
Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession → belligerentSide → Pragmatic Army ⓘ