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    out-manoeuvered by Count Batthyány, while a Franco-Bavarian army was defeated at Pfaffenhofen on 15 April. With most of his electorate once again occupied, on 22 April...
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    Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm (German pronunciation: [pfafn̩ˈhoːfn̩ an deːɐ̯ ˈɪlm], lit. 'Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm'; Central Bavarian: Pfahofa an da Uim) is a...
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    The Battle of Pfaffenhofen was fought on 15 April 1745 between France and Austria. The Austrians under Karl Josef Batthyány defeated the outnumbered French...
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  • Pfaffenhofen is the name of several places in Europe: In Germany: Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, a town in Bavaria Pfaffenhofen (district), in Bavaria Pfaffenhofen...
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  • complete list of the cities and towns in Austria. There is no legal distinction between town and city in Austria; a Stadt (city) is an independent municipality...
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    First Silesian War (category War of the Austrian Succession)
    and Austria that lasted from 1740 to 1742 and resulted in Prussia's seizing most of the region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland) from Austria. The...
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    Siege of Tournai (1745) (category Sieges of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    city and citadel of Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The allied Pragmatic Army's attempt...
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    First Carnatic War (category War of the Austrian Succession)
    First Carnatic War (1740–1748) was the Indian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession and the first of a series of Carnatic Wars that established...
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    Second Silesian War (category War of the Austrian Succession)
    On 15 April the Austrians under Károly József Batthyány decisively defeated the Franco-Bavarian army at the Battle of Pfaffenhofen and drove the allied...
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    and determined young officer from the British Army, Robert Clive. "The Austrian War of Succession in 1740 and later the war in 1756 automatically led to...
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    Pfaffenhofen (German pronunciation: [pfafn̩ˈhoːfn̩] ) is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 22 km...
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    Siege of Namur (1746) (category Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    Namur took place between 6 and 30 September 1746, during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under command of Marshal Maurice de Saxe, took...
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    Battle of Soor (category Battles involving Austria)
    Alexander of Lorraine during the Second Silesian War (part of the War of the Austrian Succession). The battle occurred in the vicinity of Soor, also known as...
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    King George's War (category War of the Austrian Succession)
    military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian...
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    Battle of Dettingen (category Battles involving Austria)
    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...
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    Battle of Mollwitz (category Battles involving Austria)
    fought by Prussia and Austria on 10 April 1741, during the First Silesian War (in the early stages of the War of the Austrian Succession). It was the...
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    Siege of Ypres (1744) (category Sieges of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    of Ypres took place between 15 and 24 June 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under the nominal command of King Louis XV of...
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    for babies based in Sachseln. The German company headquarters are in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm in Upper Bavaria. This is also the origin and seat of the...
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    War of Jenkins' Ear (category War of the Austrian Succession)
    operations largely ended by 1742. It was related to the 1740 to 1748 War of the Austrian Succession. The name was coined in 1858 by British historian Thomas Carlyle...
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    Siege of Menin (1744) (category Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    May and 4 June 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession, and was the first battle fought in the Austrian Netherlands. A French army under the nominal...
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    Battle of Fontenoy (category Battles involving Austria)
    Charles died in January 1745, the Austrians over-ran Bavaria and defeated a Franco-Bavarian force at Pfaffenhofen on 15 April. Charles' son, Maximilian...
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    Battle of Lauffeld (category Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    The Battle of Lauffeld took place on 2 July 1747, during the War of the Austrian Succession. Fought between the towns of Tongeren in modern Belgium, and...
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  • Battle of Vilshofen (category Battles involving Austria)
    Battle of Vilshofen was fought on 28 March 1745 between France and Austria. The Austrians won the battle, before plundering Vilshofen. Before the battle,...
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    Battle of Hohenfriedberg (category Battles involving Austria)
    the Austrian Succession. Austria sought to regain Silesia, which had been lost to Prussia in the Battle of Mollwitz. An Austrian army of about 62,500, including...
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    Siege of Mons (1746) (category Sieges of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    June to 23 July 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The town of Mons, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, was besieged by a French army...
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    Battle of Kesselsdorf (category Battles involving Austria)
    combined forces of the Archduchy of Austria and the Electorate of Saxony during the part of the War of the Austrian Succession known as the Second Silesian...
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    Siege of Maastricht (1748) (category Sieges of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    siege of Maastricht took place in April–May 1748 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French force under the overall command of Maurice de Saxe...
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    Fall of Ghent (category Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    The Fall of Ghent occurred on 15 July 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession when a 5,000 strong French force under Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte...
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  • Battle of Prague (1741) (category Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession)
    The battle of Prague (1741) was a successful French capture of the Austrian city Prague. In continuance of the policy of his father, Charles of Bavaria...
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    Battle of Chotusitz (category Battles involving Austria)
    allowing Austria to recapture Prague in December. Hostilities resumed in 1744 with the outbreak of the Second Silesian War. The War of the Austrian Succession...
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