The caption reads: Fire gentlemen of England In time of Louis XV Battle of Fontenoy 1745. The Battle of Fontenoy (May 11, 1745) was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession, fought between the forces of the Pragmatic Allies (mainly Dutch, British, and Hanoverian troops, as well a relatively small contingent of Austrians under the command of the Duke of Cumberland) and a French army under the command of King Louis XV of France, with actual field command held by Maurice de Saxe, commander of Louis XV's forces in the Low Countries.

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