The French fleet in the Channel arrives…

March 1744 CE

The French fleet in the Channel arrives in Brest a week later, severely battered by the storms.

The British ships had been able to run swiftly into nearby harbors, and had escaped the storms' worst damages.

The French government cannot see any immediate prospect of a successful second attempt, and the troops are badly needed elsewhere.

Saxe's forces are removed from the expedition, and instead march into Flanders to fight the Dutch and Hanoverians.

Many are happy to return to what they see as a more conventional form of soldiering, after the terrors of their seaborne voyage.

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Brest Bretagne France View →

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Charles Emmanuel III View → George Wade View → James Francis Edward Stuart View → Louis XV of France View → Maria Theresa View → Maurice de Saxe View → Philip V of Spain View → Thomas Mathews View →

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Austria, Archduchy of View → Swiss Confederacy, Old (Swiss Confederation) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Sardinia, Kingdom of (Savoy) View →

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Austrian Succession, War of the View → Planned French invasion of Britain (1744) View →

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