The Pragmatic Army was an allied field army assembled in 1743 by George II, who was both King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, during the War of the Austrian Succession. It combined British, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian troops, with Hessian soldiers in British pay, and took its name from the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 that it was meant to uphold in support of Maria Theresa. George personally led it to victory at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743, the last time a British monarch commanded troops in person. After the Duke of Cumberland took command it fought at Fontenoy in 1745, Rocoux in 1746 and Lauffeld in 1747, losing the Austrian Netherlands to the French before the war ended in 1748.
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comprised British, Hanoverian, Dutch and Austrian troops
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was an army which served during the War of the Austrian Succession
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was an army which served during the War of the Austrian Succession
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