Battle of Fontenoy

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The Battle of Fontenoy was fought at Fontenoy in the Austrian Netherlands on May 11, 1745, during the War of Austrian Succession, between French forces under Maurice de Saxe and an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army under the Duke of Cumberland, and was won by the French.

  • painting by Edouard Detaille
    painting by Edouard Detaille
  • painting by Van Blaerenberghe
    painting by Van Blaerenberghe
  • contemporary plan
    contemporary plan
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