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William Augustus Cumberland
History of Great Britain

              


1721
Birth
15th April Birth of William Augustus , 2nd surviving son of George II & Caroline of Ansbach
1726
Peerage
Cumberland Created the Duke of Cumberland
1740
Colonel
London Appointed Colonel of the Coldstream Guards
1742
Major
London Appointed Major General
1743
Battle of Dettingen
27th June Dettingen Fights under his father at Dettingen
1743
Captain
Flanders Appointed Captain General of all British land forces & the Allies in Flanders
1745
Battle of Fontenoy
11th May Fontenoy Defeated by the French while relieving Tournai
1745
Siege of Tournai
11th May Tournai Defeated by Marshal Saxe in an a failed effort to relieve Tournai
1746
Battle of Culloden Moor
16th April Culloden Moor Charles & Murray attempt to surprise Cumberland but the Stuarts are defeated
16th April Culloden Moor In 40 minutes 20% of the 5,000 Highland army is killed, Cumberland loses 50 from 9,000
16th April Culloden Moor The last land battle in Britain
1746
Capture of Carlisle
Carlisle Captures Carlisle from the Jacobites
1746
Massacre Clans
Highlands Launches a campaign against the clans after Culloden & earns the name "Bloody Butcher"
1747
Battle of Laufield
2nd July Laufield Defeated by Marshal Saxe
1757
Battle of Hameln
Hameln Defeated by Marshal d'Estees near Hameln
1757
Convention Klosterzeven
Klosterzeven Following the defeat at Hastenbeck, the allied army withdraws north and Cumberland signs the humiliating Convention of Klosterzeven, ending the war in Germany
Klosterzeven Forced to dissolve his army & leave Hannover open to French attack
Klosterzeven With Frederick's decisive victory over the French at Rossbach, the British renege on the Convention of Klosterzeven and continue the war
1757
Resignation
After Klosterzeven resigns in disgrace & retires to Windsor Castle

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