1747 Flanders campaign

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The 1747 Flanders campaign was a major phase of the War of the Austrian Succession in the Low Countries, marked by French offensives against the Allied forces of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria.

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instanceOf campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
conflict War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
conflictType land campaign ⓘ
countryInvolved Dutch Republic ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
followed 1746 Flanders campaign ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ
French offensive operations in the Low Countries ⓘ
Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
location Flanders ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
mainTheatre Flanders ⓘ
militaryObjective to secure French control over Flanders and the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
notableCommander Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
Maurice de Saxe ⓘ
Prince of Waldeck ⓘ
linked to: Prince Waldeck
opponent Allied forces of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria ⓘ
Pragmatic Army ⓘ
opposedBy Austrian forces in the Low Countries ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Dutch States Army ⓘ
partOf Flanders theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
French offensive in the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
primaryOpposingAlliance France vs Pragmatic Allies ⓘ
region Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
significance contributed to French dominance in the Low Countries late in the war ⓘ
startTime 1747 ⓘ
temporalLocation 18th century ⓘ

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Battle of Lauffeld → campaign → 1747 Flanders campaign ⓘ
Battle of Rocourt → campaign → Flanders campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
linked to: 1747 Flanders campaign