Battle Of Dettingen

	caption	Charge of the Horse Guards
	partof	the War Of The Austrian Succession
	date	June 16 , 1743
	place	Dettingen , Bavaria
	result	Decisive British , Hanoverian , Austrian victory
	combatant1	Britain , Hanover , Austria
	combatant2	France
	commander1	George II
	commander2	Duc De Noailles
	strength1	50,000
	strength2	70,000
	casualties1	750
	casualties2	8,000

The Battle of Dettingen ( ( June 27 according to the Gregorian Calendar , which the English had not officially adopted), 1743 at Dettingen in Bavaria during the War Of The Austrian Succession . It was the last time that a British Monarch , George II , personally led his troops into battle. The British forces, in alliance with those of Hanover and Hesse (the "Pragmatic Army" of 50,000 men), defeated an army of 70,000 French under the Duc De Noailles .

During the battle, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw warned his Regiment The Royal Scots Fusiliers not to fire until they could “see the white’s of their e’en.” A noted wit, Sir Andrew is also quoted as addressing his regiment thus: "Lads, you see they ''loons'' (young men) on yon' hill. Better kill them afore they kill you." And to George II after the battle, who had (humorously) chided him for letting a French cavalry charge break into his Regiment's square: "An' it please Your Majesty, but they didna' gang oot again."

In memory of this victory, Handel composed his ''Dettingen Te Deum''.

''Dettingen'' has since 1947 been the name of one of the training companies at the UK's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . In recent years it has been the training unit for short courses (for example the Territorial Army Officers' Commissioning Courses) run at the Academy.

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