✦ History

Part of War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Rocoux

October 11, 1746 · Rocourt, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Austrian Netherlands

Result French victory

Marshal Saxe's French army defeated a British, Dutch, German and Austrian force near Liège.

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France

Habsburg monarchy

France
Habsburg monarchy
Great Britain
Electorate of Hanover
Dutch Republic
Maurice de Saxe military commander Ulrich Friedrich Woldemar von Löwendal military commander Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre military commander
John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier military commander Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine military commander Károly József Batthyány military commander