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Battle of Pfaffenhofen
The Battle of Pfaffenhofen was fought on 15 April 1745 between France and Austria. The Austrians under Karl Josef Batthyány defeated the outnumbered French under General Ségur, ending the war in Bavaria.
Prelude.
In October 1744, the Franco-Bavarian army had succeeded, in coordination with Prussia, to expel the Austrians from Bavaria, and to reinstate Charles VII, Prince-elector of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor, in his capital Munich. Here he died 3 months later.br
His 18-year-old son
the rationale behind King Frederick's alliance. Austria renewed its offensive against Bavaria in March 1745, decisively defeating the Franco-Bavarian army at the 15 April Battle of Pfaffenhofen, and making peace with Maximilian III of Bavaria (the son of the late Emperor Charles) by the Treaty of Füssen on 22 April.
Having defeated Bavaria, Austria began an invasion of Silesia. At the end of May, an Austrian–Saxon army crossed through the Giant Mountains into Silesia, only to be surprised and decisively defeated by King Frederick