Battle of Val

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The Battle of Val, also known as the Battle of Lauffeld (1747), was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated the allied British, Dutch, and Austrian armies in the Austrian Netherlands.

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Battle of Val canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lauffeld
Battle of Lauffeld
surface form: Battle of Lauffeldt
belligerent Dutch Republic
Great Britain
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of France
campaign War of the Austrian Succession
surface form: War of the Austrian Succession in the Low Countries
commander Maurice de Saxe
commanderFor Kingdom of France
conflict War of the Austrian Succession
date 1747
era 18th century
involvedForce Austrian army
British Army
surface form: British army

Royal Netherlands Army
surface form: Dutch army

French Army
surface form: French army
locatedInPresentDay Belgium
location Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Austrian Netherlands
notableCommander Maurice de Saxe
outcome defeat of allied British, Dutch, and Austrian armies
partOf War of the Austrian Succession
result French victory
strategicContext French attempt to secure control over the Austrian Netherlands
theatre Flanders Campaign
surface form: Flanders campaign
typeOfEngagement pitched battle
year 1747

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Battle of Lauffeld alsoKnownAs Battle of Val
Lauffeld alsoKnownAs Battle of Val
subject surface form: Battle of Lauffeld