In Fiction
Doctor Livesey, a character in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island", is mentioned as having been in the Battle of Fontenoy some years before the book's plot takes place, and there are several references to his having been there throughout the book.
Jacques, the title character of Denis Diderot's "Jacques the Fatalist", is said to have been severely wounded in the knee while serving in the French Army at the Battle of Fontenoy. His recovery from that wound led him to meet the woman he loves, a story he attempts to tell his Master throughout the book, only to be constantly interrupted.
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