Battle of Rocoux

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Battle of Roucoux 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rocourt ⓘ
Battle of Rocoux ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Roucoux
associatedWith Maurice de Saxe ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
surface form: War of the Austrian Succession in the Low Countries
AustrianCommander Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine ⓘ
surface form: Charles of Lorraine
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Kingdom of France ⓘ
campaign 1746 campaign in the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
combatantSide French Army ⓘ
surface form: French army

Pragmatic Army ⓘ
commander Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine ⓘ
surface form: Charles of Lorraine

Maurice de Saxe ⓘ
Prince of Waldeck ⓘ
conflict War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
conflictType set-piece battle ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfBattle Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège
date 1746-10-11 ⓘ
DutchCommander Prince Waldeck ⓘ
surface form: Prince of Waldeck
followedBy Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Lauffeldt
FrenchCommander Maurice de Saxe ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
location Prince-Bishopric of Liège (de facto influence) ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Rocourt ⓘ
near Liège ⓘ
notableFor French tactical victory over Allied army ⓘ
partOf Flanders campaign ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ
primaryOpponentOfFrance States Army of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
surface form: Pragmatic Army of Britain, Dutch Republic, and Austria
region Austrian Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
strategicOutcome consolidation of French control in the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
theatre Flanders campaign ⓘ
year 1746 ⓘ

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Battle of Rocoux → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Rocoux ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Roucoux
Battle of Fontenoy → followedBy → Battle of Rocoux ⓘ
Battle of Lauffeld → precededBy → Battle of Rocoux ⓘ