Battle of Rocoux

Local nameMémorial Bataille de Rocourt 1746
LocationJuprelle, Belgium

The Battle of Rocoux took place on 11 October 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession, at Rocourt, 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.

Despite a series of victories in Flanders, by 1746 France was struggling to finance the war, and opened bilateral peace negotiations with Britain at the Congress of Breda in August. While Rocoux confirmed French control of the Austrian Netherlands, Saxe failed to achieve a decisive victory, and the two armies went into winter quarters to prepare for a new campaign in 1747.

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Plan du champ de… @ Jean de Beaurain, (1696-1771). Cartographe ordinaire du Roy
 

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rocoux

Address Rue de Dalles, 4450, Belgium

Coordinates 50°44'30.148" N 5°33'13.089" E

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