210. Aid to Maria Theresa.
Britain, approaches the Queen attended by the impersonations
of her beauty, dignity, and courage, and assures her of the
security of her empire.
211. B a t t l e o f D e t t in g e n . SB June, 1743.
Bust of George II., I., laureate, hair long, in armour, ermine
mantle, and riband across the breast. Leg. g e o e g iv s i i d . g .
MAGN . BEIT . FE . ET HIB . EEX FID . DEF. Below, D. HAES-
LING . F.
Rev. The King on horseback, I .; distant battle, landscape,
sunset. Leg. l ib e e t a s fa y o e e d e i e t v ie t y t e m il it is e e s -
t it v t a . (Liberty restored by the faYour of God and by the
valour of the army.) Ex. ad d e t t in g a m d . x x v ii iv n .
m d c c x l ii i. (At Dettingen, 27 June, 1743.)
2'6. Old England, II. 265. Mac Kinnon’s Coldstream
Guards, Vol. I. p. 359.
MB. N . JR. Bare.
At the battle of Dettingen George II., who was accompanied
by his son, the Duke of Cumberland, with an army of 40,000
English and Hanoverians, defeated the French under the Due
de Noailles and the Due de Grammont. In consequence of this
repulse, the French were compelled to evacuate Germany. The
allusion to Liberty perhaps refers to the war having been
undertaken to maintain the independence of the Queen of
Hungary.
212. B a t t l e o f D e t t in g e n . -|-§- June, 1743.
Bust of George II., r., laureate, hair long, in armour with
lion’s head on the shoulder, and ermine mantle fastened with
brooch on the shoulder. Leg. g e o e g iu s . n . d . g . mag . b e i .
FE . ET . HIB . EEX . F . D.
Rev. A female figure, r., wearing helmet, trampling on a
French standard, and bearing a palm branch, attaches a shield
inscribed a d d e t t i n g a m (At Dettingen), to a palm-tree, at the