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    Riemst (redirect from Lauffeld)
    density of 276 inhabitants per km². Riemst was the site of the Battle of Lauffeld, fought in 1747. The bridge in the Borough Vroenhoven was part of the start...
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    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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    next two years. Despite further French victories at Rocoux in 1746 and Lauffeld in 1747, their economic position continued to deteriorate. The war ended...
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    Jacobite Rebellion, he returned to the continent and fought at the Battle of Lauffeld. He went on to command a brigade at the Battle of Warburg during the Seven...
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    Battle of Chotusitz Battle of Hohenfriedberg Battle of Soor Battle of Lauffeld Seven Years' War Battle of Kolín Battle of Breslau Battle of Leuthen Battle...
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    participated in the Battle of Lauffeld, he was very badly wounded and received an official commendation for services to Britain. Lauffeld was the largest battle...
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    made Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance on 19 March 1747, he fought at Lauffeld in July 1747, where he led the charge of the British cavalry. He did this...
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    spare it." Saxe went on to win further victories at Rocoux (1746) and Lauffeld (1747). In 1746 French forces besieged and occupied Brussels, which Louis...
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    still-victorious Marshal Saxe and received a heavy defeat at the Battle of Lauffeld, or Val, near Maastricht, on 2 July 1747. This and the fall of Bergen-op-Zoom...
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    Clackmannanshire. His eldest son, the fourth Baronet, was killed at the Battle of Lauffeld in 1747. His younger brother and successor, the fifth Baronet, was a Lieutenant-General...
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    was wounded at Roucoux in Flanders in October 1746, and lost an arm at Lauffeld in 1747. In 1748 he succeeded his father as lieutenant-general of Champagne...
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    served as a staff officer with the French Army and is known to have been at Lauffeld in 1747, where Cumberland was defeated by Saxe, as well as with the force...
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    armed forces. The strategic situation, however, failed to change and at Lauffeld on 2 July 1747, Saxe won another victory over a British and Dutch army...
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    and rejoined the army in Flanders, commanding the British infantry at Lauffeld in July. Although this was a decisive French victory that effectively ended...
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    French determined it should fall. Following his victory at the Battle of Lauffeld, the French Marshal de Saxe detached a force 30,000 strong under the command...
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    July 1747, the Second Battalion was sent to Flanders, where it fought at Lauffeld, before the war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. In the absence...
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    of the Austrian Succession, detachments fought at Fontenoy, Rocoux and Lauffeld and served during the 1747 siege. After it fell to the French, the garrison...
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    Clackmannanshire. The 4th Baronet was killed in action at the Battle of Lauffeld in 1747. The 5th Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs and...
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    the Austrian Succession Battle of Dettingen Battle of Fontenoy Battle of Lauffeld French and Indian War Louisbourg Expedition (1757) Battle of Fort Duquesne...
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    following the return of Cumberland and British reinforcements at the Battle of Lauffeld (July 1747). France had seized control of much of the Austrian Netherlands...
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    Tournai Melle Ghent Oudenarde Ostende Brussels Antwerp Mons Namur Rocoux Lauffeld Hulst Bergen op Zoom Rhine Campaign Maastricht Bohemia and Moravia 1st...
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  • and then fought bravely to mitigate the British defeat at the Battle of Lauffeld in July 1747. The regiment was formally titled as the 4th Regiment of Dragoons...
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    20th Regiment of Foot in February 1747, he took part in the Battle of Lauffeld in July 1747 during the later stages of the War of the Austrian Succession...
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    the War of the Austrian Succession. He took part in the 1747 Battle of Lauffeld, a decisive French victory where only cavalry charges led by Lord Ligonier...
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    Passage by this route. July 2 – War of the Austrian Succession – Battle of Lauffeld: France defeats the combined armies of Hanover, Great Britain and the Netherlands...
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    commander of the British forces, and saw further action at the Battle of Lauffeld in July 1747. In February 1756, Amherst was appointed commissar to the...
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    persuaded his allies to make another attempt, which ended with defeat at Lauffeld in July 1747. Primarily consisting of Hanoverian and Hessian troops British...
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    Years of service 1745-1758 Rank Brigadier general Battles / wars War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Lauffeld French and Indian War Battle of Carillon †...
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    (1704), Almansa (1707), Malplaquet (1709), Fontenoy (1745), Battle of Lauffeld (1747); and Rossbach (1757). Units of the Irish Brigade took part in the...
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    Tournai Melle Ghent Oudenarde Ostende Brussels Antwerp Mons Namur Rocoux Lauffeld Hulst Bergen op Zoom Rhine Campaign Maastricht Bohemia and Moravia 1st...
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