1747 Flanders campaign

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The 1747 Flanders campaign was a major phase of the War of the Austrian Succession in the Low Countries, marked by French offensives against the Allied forces of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession
military campaign
belligerent Austria
France
Great Britain
conflict War of the Austrian Succession
conflictType land campaign
countryInvolved Dutch Republic
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Great Britain
followed 1746 Flanders campaign
hasPart Battle of Lauffeld
French offensive operations in the Low Countries
Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747)
historicalPeriod Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period
location Flanders
Low Countries
mainTheatre Flanders
militaryObjective to secure French control over Flanders and the Austrian Netherlands
notableCommander Duke of Cumberland
Maurice de Saxe
Prince Waldeck
surface form: Prince of Waldeck
opponent Allied forces of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria
Pragmatic Army
opposedBy Austrian forces in the Low Countries
British Army
States Army of the Dutch Republic
surface form: Dutch States Army
partOf Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession
surface form: Flanders theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession

French offensive in the Austrian Netherlands
War of the Austrian Succession
primaryOpposingAlliance France vs Pragmatic Allies
region Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Austrian Netherlands
relatedTo Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)
surface form: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
result French victory
significance contributed to French dominance in the Low Countries late in the war
startTime 1747
temporalLocation 18th century

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Battle of Lauffeld campaign 1747 Flanders campaign
Battle of Rocourt campaign 1747 Flanders campaign
this entity surface form: Flanders campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession