Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession

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military front war theater

The Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession was the main theater in Flanders and along the Rhine where Britain, the Dutch Republic, and their allies fought France and its partners in a series of large-scale 18th-century battles and sieges.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Flanders theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession	1
Low Countries theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession	1
Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military front ⓘ war theater ⓘ
belligerent	Dutch Republic ⓘ Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ Electorate of Cologne ⓘ Electoral Palatinate ⓘ surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate France ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
belligerentSide	French Army ⓘ Pragmatic Army ⓘ
campaignType	land warfare ⓘ
characterizedBy	large-scale battles ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ
conflict	War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
endedBy	Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
endTime	1748 ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	balance of power in Europe ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Dettingen ⓘ Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ Battle of Rocoux ⓘ Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) ⓘ Siege of Brussels (1746) ⓘ Siege of Maastricht (1748) ⓘ Siege of Tournai (1745) ⓘ
locatedAlong	Rhine ⓘ surface form: Rhine River
locatedIn	Flanders ⓘ
mainTheaterIn	War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
notableCommander	Duke of Cumberland ⓘ Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough ⓘ surface form: Duke of Marlborough (Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough) Marshal Noailles ⓘ Maurice de Saxe ⓘ Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine ⓘ
partOf	European theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
relatedTo	Italian campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ surface form: Italian Front of the War of the Austrian Succession Atlantic theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ surface form: Naval operations of the War of the Austrian Succession Silesian Wars ⓘ
result	French military dominance in the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ territorial adjustments in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ⓘ
startTime	1740 ⓘ
strategicObjective	containment of French expansion ⓘ control of the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ control of the Low Countries ⓘ security of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Battle of Lauffeld → front → Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ

French Flanders campaign of 1745 → theatreOfWar → Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ

this entity surface form: Low Countries theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession

1747 Flanders campaign → partOf → Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flanders theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession