BATTLE OF FONTENOY 1745 Saxe against Cumberland in the War of the Austrian Succession

James Falkner, a leading authority on eighteenth-century warfare and a specialist on the Duke of Marlborough, offers an incisive analysis of the Battle of Fontenoy. Across four tightly focused chapters, he examines the origins of the conflict, the strategic choices facing each commander, the preliminary manoeuvres, and the battle’s vividly rendered phases, culminating in a clear assessment of its strategic consequences—making this study an essential introduction to the War of the Austrian Succession.