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Siege of Antibes | |||||||
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Part of War of the Austrian Succession | |||||||
Antibes in 1756 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Austria Sardinia Great Britain | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maximilian Ulysses Browne John Byng |
Joseph-David, Count of Sade Chevalier de Belle-Isle |
The siege of Antibes took place in the winter of 1746–47, during the War of the Austrian Succession. A combined Austro-Savoyard army, commanded by Maximilian Ulysses Browne, invaded France and laid siege to Antibes on the French Mediterranean coast. Despite having British naval support, the Allies failed to capture the town, and after two months Browne's army was forced to lift the siege and retreat back over the border into Savoy.