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Battle of Fontenoy

French victory over allied British-Dutch-Austrian forces secured Bourbon ascendancy and demonstrated French military resurgence mid-century.

WhenMay 11, 1745

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The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Tournai, in Belgium. A French army of 50,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of roughly the same size, led by the Duke of Cumberland.

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