Battle of Fontenoy: France Defeats Britain in the War of Austrian Succession
Marshal de Saxe's French forces defeated an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian coalition at Fontenoy in a brutal five-hour engagement that cost 14,000 casualties on each side. The victory secured France's hold on the Austrian Netherlands and established Saxe as the era's foremost commander, while the defeated allies struggled to coordinate multinational armies for the remainder of the war.
May 11, 1745
281 years ago
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