Battle of Dettingen

Battle of Dettingen
Part of War of the Austrian Succession

George II at Dettingen, a 1902 painting by Robert Alexander Hillingford
Date27 June 1743
Location
Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (now Karlstein am Main, Bavaria)
50°2′56″N 9°1′6″E / 50.04889°N 9.01833°E / 50.04889; 9.01833
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain
Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Hanover
 Austria		  France
Commanders and leaders
King George II
Earl of Stair
Duke of Arenberg
von Neipperg
Johann Georg von Ilten		 Duc de Noailles
Duc de Gramont
Duc d'Harcourt
Strength
35,000[1][2] 23,000[2]
Casualties and losses
2,332 [3] [a] 3,000–4,500 [1][5] [b]

The Battle of Dettingen (German: Schlacht bei Dettingen) took place on 27 June 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession at Dettingen in the Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (now Karlstein am Main in Bavaria). It was fought between a Pragmatic Army,[c] composed of the British, Hanoverian and Austrian troops, and a French army commanded by the duc de Noailles.

While the Earl of Stair exercised operational control, the Allied army was nominally commanded by King George II, accompanied by his son the Duke of Cumberland. As a result, it is now best remembered as the last time a reigning British monarch led troops in combat. Despite being an Allied victory, the battle had little effect on the wider war, and has been described as 'a happy escape, rather than a great victory.'[6]

  1. ^ a b Clodfelter 2017, p. 78.
  2. ^ a b Grant 2017, p. 415.
  3. ^ Townshend 1901, p. 39.
  4. ^ Hamilton 1874, p. 111.
  5. ^ Townshend 1901, p. 41.
  6. ^ Lecky 1878.


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