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1741
 
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French and Bavarian armies join the war against Austria, marching through upper Austria into Bohemia     
1741
 
  
Spain, now an ally of France, joins in the war against Austria     
1741
 
   
Britain, already fighting Spain (in the War of Jenkin's Ear), is drawn into the wider conflict as an ally of Austria      
1741
 
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French and Bavarian forces enter Prague, one of the most important cities in the Austrian empire      
1742
 
   
An Austrian army captures the Bavarian capital city, Munich      
1743
 
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George II leads a British army to victory over the French at Dettingen      
1744
 
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France formally declares war on Britain half way through the War of the Austrian Succession      
1744
 
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Bad weather causes the French to abandon a plan to invade Britain with the Scottish pretender Charles Edward Stuart      
1745
 
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New England militiamen achieve an unexpected success in capturing the fortress of Louisbourg from the French      
1745
 
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Maurice de Saxe, with a French army including an Irish brigade, defeats British, Austrian and Dutch forces at Fontenoy