King George II at the battle of Dettingen mb-code IR001067 showing the architect John Nash

showing the architect John Nash spiked by the seat of his trousers on the spire of All Souls Church

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One of the crew of three is shown operating a bellows to supply air

from typhoid fever

King George II at the battle of Dettingen mb-code IR001067 showing the architect John NashKing George II at the battle of Dettingen, 1743. The Battle of Dettingen took place at Dettingen in Bavaria during the War of the Austrian Succession. The British and their Hanoverian and Hessian allies defeated the French. The battle was the last occasion when a British monarch, George II, personally led his troops in battle.