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Battle of Pfaffenhofen

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Meanwhile, François de Ségur had hastily improvised a defensive position around a hill west of the city. But, when more and more Austrian troops, including the main force under Batthyány, reached the battlefield, de Ségur was forced twice to withdraw his army, to avoid encirclement. When the sign for
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the next day at 11:00 at set up camp. But the next morning the Austrian army appeared and the allies fled over the Lech River, leaving all its material behind. Only the burning down of the bridge prevented a total disaster for the allies.
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was not informed of this manoeuver and waited unaware and unprotected near Pfaffenhofen on Palatinate reinforcements under General Zastrow, which arrived on 14 April. The next day Segur decided to also pull back behind the
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a general withdrawal was given, panic broke out amongst the Palatinate troops and they fled. de Ségur had the greatest difficulty in preventing the panic spreading amongst his French troops.
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First the Austrians attacked the town of Pfaffenhofen and were met by French fire. But the Austrians took the town in house-to-house combat in which the fierce Croatian
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This hampered the ongoing peace negotiations, so Maria Theresia ordered the Austrian Army to start a new offensive to put pressure on the Bavarian negotiators.
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The Battle of Pfaffenhofen eliminated Bavaria-Bohemia as one of the four theaters of War the Austrians had to fight on, releasing troops for the war in
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In October 1744, the Franco-Bavarian army had succeeded, in coordination with Prussia, to expel the Austrians from Bavaria, and to reinstate
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de Ségur had lost many troops and material, but his maintenance of discipline had prevented the total destruction of his army.
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The Austrians, aware of the isolated French position, had by then reached Pfaffenhofen with a force larger than the French.
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were taken and the Bavarian army under Törring and its French, Hessian and Palatinate allies were pushed on the defensive.
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was fought on 15 April 1745 between France and Austria. The Austrians under
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at 18:00, the Austrians gave up their pursuit. The defeated army reached
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Törring decided to pull back his Bavarian and Hessian troops behind the
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The day after the defeat, Törring was dismissed and the
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Only after the French and Palatinates had crossed the
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inflicted heavy casualties on the French defenders.
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War of the Austrian Succession

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Upper Bavaria
Austria
France
Electorate of Bavaria
Bavaria
Habsburg monarchy
Karl Josef Batthyány
Kingdom of France
General Ségur
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War of the Austrian Succession
Dettingen
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