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Title
Rocoux
Description
Battle of Rocoux
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1746-10-11
Scenario#
A416
Location
Rocoux, Belgium
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Rocoux took place on 11 October 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession, at Rocourt (or Rocoux), near Liège in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, now modern Belgium. It was fought between a French army under Marshal Saxe and a combined British, Dutch, German and Austrian force led by Charles of Lorraine, John Ligonier and Prince Waldeck. The battle ended the 1746 campaign and the two armies went into winter quarters. Despite a series of victories in Flanders, by this point France was struggling to finance the war and had opened bilateral peace negotiations with Britain at the Congress of Breda in August 1746. While Rocoux confirmed French control of the Austrian Netherlands, Saxe had failed to achieve the decisive victory needed to end the war.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Rocoux
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Combatants
France
Great Britian, Dutch, Hapsburg
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