Battle of Rottofreddo

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Part of the War of the Austrian Succession

Date	August 12, 1746
Location
Result	French victory

Belligerents

^[1] Kingdom of France

Habsburg Austria

Commanders

Marshal Maillebois

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War of the

Austrian Succession:

Italian Campaigns

Campo Santo – Villafranca – Casteldelfino – Velletri – Madonna dell'Olmo – Bassignano – Piacenza – Rottofreddo - Assietta

The Battle of Rottofreddo was fought on August 12, 1746 between a French army and a small Austrian force. The French were led by Marshal Maillebois, and they were victorious.

[edit] References

^ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition, New York 1910, Vol.X, p.460: "The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour."George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The American Cyclopaedia, New York, 1874, p. 250, "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis...". *[1]The original Banner of France was strewn with fleurs-de-lis.

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