Siege of Tournai (1745)
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The siege of Tournai was a two-month siege of the city and citadel of Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The allied Pragmatic Army's att
Maurice de Saxe, the commander of French forces during the siege
A plan of Tournai in 1745, clearly showing the city walls and citadel
Pragmatic Army
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The Pragmatic Army was an army which served during the War of the Austrian Succession. It was formed in 1743 by George II, who was both King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and consisted of a
British Pragmatic Army troops in the Low Countries (David Morier, 1748)
Dutch officers of the Pragmatic Army in a Guardroom (Cornelis Troost. 1747)