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Battle of Dettingen

Battle of Dettingen was a battle fought on 27 June 1743 at Karlstein am Main, in what is now Germany. It was part of the War of the Austrian Succession, which ran from 1740 to 1748. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: 35,000 against 23,000.

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Battle of Dettingen
John Wootton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought27 June 1743
WhereKarlstein am Main, Germany50.041N, 9.036E
OutcomeAllied victory
BelligerentsKingdom of Great Britain; Hanover; Habsburg MonarchyagainstKingdom of France
Part ofWar of the Austrian Succession1740 to 1748

Where it sits in the War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Mollwitz, 1741Siege of Brieg, 1741Siege of Prague, 1742Siege of Brno, 1742Battle of Chotusitz, 1742Battle of Sahay, 1742Action of 14 June 1742, 1742Siege of Mirandola, 1742Battle of Campo Santo, 1743Battle of Dettingen, 1743Battle of Toulon, 1744Battle of Villafranca, 1744Battle of Velletri, 1744Battle of Casteldelfino, 1744Siege of Prague, 1744Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, 1744Battle of Pfaffenhofen, 1745Siege of Tournai, 1745Battle of Fontenoy, 1745Siege of Louisbourg, 1745Battle of Anguilla, 1745Fall of Ghent, 1745Battle of Melle, 1745Siege of Ath, 1745Battle of Bassignano, 1745Battle of Soor, 1745Battle of Hennersdorf, 1745Siege of Brussels, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1746Battle of Piacenza, 1746Action of 6 July 1746, 1746Siege of Namur, 1746Battle of Madras, 1746Raid on Lorient, 1746Battle of Rocoux, 1746Battle of Adyar, 1746Siege of Antibes, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1747First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747Battle of Lauffeld, 1747Battle of Assietta, 1747Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud, 1748Siege of Maastricht, 1748Siege of Cuddalore, 174817411748Battle of Dettingen, 1743
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Record

Date27 June 1743
PlaceKarlstein am Main, Germany
50.041N, 9.036E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength35,00023,000
Casualties and losses2,332
Commanders
  • George II of Great Britain
  • John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
  • Leopold Philip, 4th Duke of Arenberg
  • Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg
  • Johann Georg von Ilten
  • Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles
  • Louis de Gramont, 6th Duke of Gramont
  • François d'Harcourt (Marshal of France)
Battle of DettingenBattle of DettingenBattle of AschaffenburgBattle of AschaffenburgBattle of HanauBattle of BergenBattle of HöchstBattle of AschaffenburgBattle of BergenBattle of HöchstCologneNürnbergMannheimSaarbrückenBonnKoblenzGießenWuppertal100 km50.041N, 9.036E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Dettingen
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Dettingen today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-08-28. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 115 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 428 m, 428 m of relief, steep country and today it is 40% tree cover, 18% cropland, 18% built-up.

tree cover: 40%cropland: 18%built-up: 18%grassland: 17%water: 7%tree cover 40%cropland 18%built-up 18%grassland 17%water 7%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 363 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 137 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: BR & HAN ARMYDefender: FR ARMY
Strength35,00026,000
Casualties2,500 (7.1%)4,000 (15.4%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1063
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width2.3 km2.2 km
Attacker advanced1.2 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 57), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Dettingen is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 538 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q402312, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Dettingen, revision 1377682631, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.