Battle of Schärding

Battle of Schärding
Part of the War of Austrian Succession

18th-century engraving of the battle
Date17 January 1742
Location
Schärding, (present-day Austria)
48°27′25″N 13°25′54″E / 48.45694°N 13.43167°E / 48.45694; 13.43167
Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
 Bavaria Habsburg Monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Maximilian Gaëtan, Count of Toerring Seefeld Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller
Johann Leopold Bärenklau
Strength
7,000 4,000[1]

The Battle of Schärding on 17 January 1742 took place during the War of the Austrian Succession near present German border. It ended with a victory for Khevenhüller's Austrian forces.[2]

References

  1. ^ The War of the Austrian Succession by Reed Browning, page 91
  2. ^ Haider, Siegfried. "Das Zeitalter der Erbfolgekriege in Oberösterreich". Das Zeitalter der Erbfolgekriege in Oberösterreich. Siegfried Haider.
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