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Battle of Dettingen

Great Britain · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1743Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1743

George II27 June 1743

Dettingen · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

The Last time a British sovereign commands a Battle. A British, Austrian & Hanoverian "Pragmatic army" defeats the French on the River Main

William Augustus Cumberland27 June 1743

Dettingen · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Fights under his father at Dettingen

James Wolfe27 June 1743

Dettingen · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Serves as an acting adjutant, aged 16

Names involved

George IIJames WolfeWilliam Augustus Cumberland

Provenance

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