Battle of Lauffeld
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The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Lauffeldt | 2 |
| Battle of Lafelt | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| AlliedCasualties | several thousand killed, wounded, and captured ⓘ |
| AlliedCommander |
Duke of Cumberland
ⓘ
surface form:
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
|
| AlliedStrength | approximately 60,000–70,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Lauffeld
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Lafelt
Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Lauffeldt
Battle of Val ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| campaign | 1747 Flanders campaign ⓘ |
| commander |
Maurice de Saxe
ⓘ
Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
surface form:
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
|
| commandStructure |
Allied army under British commander-in-chief Duke of Cumberland
ⓘ
French army under Marshal General of France Maurice de Saxe ⓘ |
| conflictIn | War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| conflictType | pitched battle ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Austrian Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 2 July 1747 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) ⓘ |
| FrenchCasualties | several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander | Maurice de Saxe ⓘ |
| FrenchStrength | approximately 80,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| front | Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Austro-Hungarian Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Army
British Army ⓘ States Army of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch States Army
French royal forces ⓘ
surface form:
French Royal Army
|
| location |
Lauffeld
ⓘ
near Maastricht ⓘ present-day Belgium ⓘ |
| nearSettlement | Maastricht ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
Karl Josef Batthyány
ⓘ
Prince Waldeck ⓘ
surface form:
Prince of Waldeck
|
| partOf | War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Rocoux ⓘ |
| primaryOpponents | France vs. Britain–Dutch Republic–Austria alliance ⓘ |
| region |
Limburg (Netherlands)
ⓘ
surface form:
Limburg
|
| relatedTreaty | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| significance | contributed to Allied willingness to negotiate peace ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome | consolidation of French control in the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ |
| theatre | Flanders campaign ⓘ |
| year | 1747 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Lafelt
this entity surface form:
Battle of Lauffeldt
this entity surface form:
Battle of Lauffeldt