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The War of the Austrian Succession [f] was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Related conflicts include King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins' Ear, the First Carnatic War, and the First and Second Silesian Wars.
Pages in category "Battles of the War of the Austrian Succession" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The War of the Austrian Succession 1740–1748. Routledge. ISBN 978-0582059504. Armour, Ian (2012). A History of Eastern Europe 1740–1918. Bloomsbury Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-849-66488-2. "Battle of Dettingen". British Battles; Black, Jeremy (1999). From Louis XIV to Napoleon: The Fate of a Great Power. Routledge.
The Battle of Mollwitz was 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 first battle of the new Prussian King Frederick II, in which both sides made numerous military blunders. Frederick fled the battlefield, but the Prussian Army managed to ...
British Pragmatic Army troops in the Low Countries (David Morier, 1748). The Pragmatic Army was an army which served during the War of the Austrian Succession.It was formed in 1743 by George II, who was both King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and consisted of a mixture of British, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian troops.
The siege of Tournai was a two-month siege of the 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 to relieve the siege resulted in the decisive French victory at the Battle of Fontenoy on 11 May.
This category contains historical naval battles fought as part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories
Meanwhile, the wider War of the Austrian Succession continued, and conflict over Silesia would draw Austria and Prussia into a renewed Second Silesian War only two years later. The First Silesian War marked the unexpected defeat of the Habsburg monarchy by a lesser German power and initiated the Austria–Prussia rivalry that would shape German ...