- 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...
-
dragged on for the next two years.
Despite further French victories at
Rocoux in 1746 and
Lauffeld in 1747,
their economic position continued to deteriorate...
- it was
merged into Liège.
Formerly known as
Rocoux or Roucoux, it was the site of the
battle of
Rocoux in 1746,
during the War of the
Austrian Succession...
-
Revolutionary Wars. He rose to
become maréchal de camp, hero of the
Battle of
Rocoux and
governor of Les Invalides. De
Virot was
appointed as a
second lieutenant...
-
command in the Netherlands,
always with success.
Besides Fontenoy he
added Rocoux (1746) and
Lawfeldt or Val (1747) to the list of
French victories. He led...
- The true
glory is to
spare it." Saxe went on to win
further victories at
Rocoux (1746) and
Lauffeld (1747). In 1746
French forces besieged and occupied...
- commander,
Prince Charles of Lorraine, was
defeated by Saxe at the
Battle of
Rocoux in October. The
Dutch Republic itself was now in danger. In
April 1747,...
-
England during the 1745
Jacobite Rising. It took part in the
Battle of
Rocoux and the
Battle of
Lauffeld before the 1748
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended...
- of the
Allied army in the Low
Countries in June 1746. He was
present at
Rocoux in
October 1746 and,
having been made Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance...
- In the War of the
Austrian Succession,
detachments fought at Fontenoy,
Rocoux and
Lauffeld and
served during the 1747 siege.
After it fell to the French...
