42nd Regiment of Foot
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The 42nd Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch. Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment and numbered 43rd in the
Cap badge of the 42nd Regiment of Foot
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
The regiment at the Battle of Fontenoy
c. 1758 painting of the regiment being reviewed on the Glasgow Green
Battle of Fontenoy
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The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745, took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Tournai, in Belgium. A French army of 50,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of roughly the
42nd Regiment of Foot
…variously to garrisons in Jamaica, Gibraltar and Menorca, with the remainder shipped to Flanders. The regiment's first full combat was the disastrous Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745, where they surprised the French with their ferocity, and greatly impressed their commander, the Duke of Cumberland. Allowed "their own way…
Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745 Pierre Lenfant, 1745–1757
Empress Maria Theresa, whose succession led to the war
The French Guards Regiment and the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards invite each other to fire first