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title: "Battle of Fontenoy"
year: 1745
country: "Belgium"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1745-05-11"
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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.

## Summary

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.

## Sources

- [Battle of Fontenoy (1745)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fontenoy) - Wikipedia

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