✦ History

Part of War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Lauffeld

July 2, 1747 · Lafelt, Limburg, between Tongeren and Maastricht.

Result French victory

Marshal Saxe's French army defeated the Duke of Cumberland's Pragmatic Army between Tongeren and Maastricht.

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Great Britain
Dutch Republic
Habsburg monarchy
Electorate of Hanover
France
Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel military commander Prince William, Duke of Cumberland military commander John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier military commander Leopold Joseph von Daun military commander Károly József Batthyány military commander
Louis XV military commander Maurice de Saxe military commander Ulrich Friedrich Woldemar von Löwendal military commander Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre military commander