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There have been four battles fought near the town of Fleurus in Belgium: The Battle of Fleurus (1622) in the Thirty Years' War; The Battle of Fleurus (1690) in the Nine Years' War; The Battle of Fleurus (1794) in the French Revolutionary Wars; The Battle of Ligny (Battle of Fleurus, 1815) in the Napoleonic Wars
A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.
Map showing the positions of the main forces in the Low Countries theatre, and Coburg's movements to concentrate for the battle of Fleurus. Numbers indicate the dates in June 1794 that the marches designated by arrows were made. The dotted line indicates Coburg's original planned movement to relieve Ypres.
In the Battle of Fleurus (26 June 1794) Jean-Baptiste Jourdan's French army repulsed an attack by the combined Austro-Dutch army led by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Tactically the battle was a draw but strategically it was a decisive French victory. The battle led to the collapse of the Coalition position in the Austrian Netherlands.
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The Battle of Fleurus of August 29, 1622 was fought in the Spanish Netherlands between a Spanish army and the Protestant forces of Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick during the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War. The bloody struggle left the Protestants mangled and the Spanish masters of the field.
The Battle of Fleurus, fought on 1 July 1690 near Fleurus, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, now in modern Belgium, was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War. A French army led by Marshall Luxembourg defeated an Allied force under Waldeck .
Pages in category "Battles and operations of World War II involving Belgium" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .