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War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)

Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army

1747

      First section

      Brabant and Flanders

      Second section

      Encampments at Bouwel and Schilde

      Third section

      The Battle of Lafelt

      Fourth section

      Bergen op Zoom and Maastricht

      Fifth section

      Tongeren and St Peter's Hill, in the Low Countries

      Sixth section

      Encampments across Flanders and Brabant

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