Battle near Klausen
date | October 20, 1735 |
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place | Klausen (Eifel) |
output | Victory of the Austrians |
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Commander | |
Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff
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The battle near Klausen took place on October 20, 1735 between troops of the King of France and Austrian imperial troops. It was a rather insignificant battle and one of the last fighting in the War of the Polish Succession .
After the outcome of the War of the Polish Succession, which was rather unsatisfactory for France, the French army in Germany under the Marshal of France , François de Franquetot, duc de Coigny , intended to cross the Electorate of Trier and then the Austrian Netherlands on its way back . At Klausen in the Eifel they were opposed by an Austrian army led by Lieutenant Field Marshal Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff .
After a rather half-hearted battle, the French evaded to Trier , where they initially holed up. The imperial troops did not follow them, but claimed victory for themselves.
French order of battle
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- cavalry
- Royal Dragons Regiment
- Regiment de Condé-dragons
- Regiment Royal-Champagne Cavalerie
- Artois Cavalerie Regiment
- Régiment Royal-Roussillon cavalerie
- Régiment Royal-Picardie cavalerie
- Regiment Royal-Lorraine Cavalerie
- Royal Bourgogne Cavalerie Regiment
- Régiment la Reine Cavalerie
- infantry
- Regiment de Perche
- Vermandois Regiment
- Regiment de Poitou
- Limousin Regiment
- Regiment de La Couronne
- Regiment de Bretagne
- Regiment de Dillon
- Regiment de Touraine
- Regiment Royal des Vaisseaux
Coordinates: 49 ° 54 ′ 25 ″ N , 6 ° 53 ′ 35 ″ E
literature
- Marco Brösch, Tom Müller: The war on the Middle Moselle and in the Hunsrück - 280 years of the “Battle of Klausen”. Catalog for the traveling exhibition. Ed .: Project group “Battle of Klausen”, Klausen 2015.
- Karl Zimmermann: The war on the Middle Moselle and in the Hunsrück in the years 1734/35 and the battle of Klausen. Heinrich Oberhoffer, Bernkastel-Cues 1933.
Web links
- Jean Bérenger: Guerre de la succession de Pologne (1733-1738). In: Encyclopædia Universalis
- L'affaire de Clausen in Google Book Search. In: Armorial général, ou régistres de la noblesse de France. Régistres sixième
- L'affaire de Clausen in Google Book Search. In: Chronologie-historique militaire