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
Electorate of Bavaria Maximilian Gaëtan, Count of Toerring Seefeld Habsburg monarchy Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller
Habsburg monarchy 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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