Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux took place on 11 October 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession, at Rocourt (or Rocoux), 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.
| Battle of Rocoux | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Austrian Succession | |||||||
The Battle of Roucoux, 1746 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France |
Habsburg Empire Great Britain Hanover Dutch Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maurice de Saxe Clermont-Tonnerre Count Lowendahl de Contades |
Charles of Lorraine József Batthyány Earl Ligonier Prince Waldeck Ludwig von Zastrow | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 100,000 to 120,000 | 70,000 to 100,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,000 to 4,000 dead or wounded | 8,000-10,000 dead, wounded, or captured | ||||||
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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