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The War of the Austrian Succession, known in America as King George’s War. In 1740 the deaths of two European monarchs plunged the continent into war. Frederick William I, the “sergeant major” King of Prussia, died on 31st May 1740. On his death the Prussian throne passed to his ruthlessly ambitious son, Frederick.
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War of the Austrian Succession ... Even though the War of the Austrian Succession did not radically change any borders in Europe, it can be considered the first real world war. France and Britain fought each other in Europe and also in Canada, over Fortress Louisburg and in India over Madras, a British trading post.
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Charles VII died in 1745, pulling Bavaria out of the war, but the French were victorious at the battle of Fontenoy (11 May 1745), defeating a combined British and Austrian army and in combination with the second Jacobite revolt, ended Britain's direct military intervention on the continent.
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Article Austrian Succession, War of the, 1740/41-1748, from Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 edition (scan not proofread for computer misreadings) ; War of Austrian Succession, from Simonides; G.C. Boeri, R. Vela, The Army of the Most Serene Republic of Genoa in the Austrian Succession War;
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History of THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION including The Pragmatic Sanction, Frederick and Silesia, French and Bavarians, French and British on land, The Forty-Five, French and British at sea, Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle ... But Frederick shows no interest in becoming involved in a wider European war. ... Now the Austrian Netherlands,
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The war recommenced. Frederick had not rested on his laurels. In the uneventful summer campaign of 1741 he had found time to begin that reorganization of his cavalry which was before long to make it even more efficient than his infantry. ... War of the Austrian Succession ... . The War of the Austrian Succession continued.
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Because negotiations to end the War of Austrian Succession were dragging on endlessly, Louis XV ordered a French invasion force under German-born Marshal de Löwendal to invade southern areas of the Republic.
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At 4a.m. on 26 June The King’s Horse and the Life Guards led the rest of the British cavalry, followed by the Austrian cavalry, in advance of the British and Austrian infantry, with the Guards and Hanoverian cavalry acting as rearguard. ... China War 1860...
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