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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.
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
The Spanish had to lift the siege on their failed blockade of a Protestant relief force in the Battle of Fleurus. Siege of Heidelberg (1622) 23 July – 19 September – Between the Imperial-Spanish army against the Anglo-Protestant forces during the Palatinate campaign.
5 September 1621 – 3 February 1622 Siege of Jülich (1621–1622) Jülich Dutch States Army: Army of Flanders: Royalist victory 8 July – 2 October 1622 Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1622) Brabant Dutch States Army: Army of Flanders: Rebel victory 29 August 1622 Battle of Fleurus (1622) Hainaut Dutch States Army German soldiers Army of Flanders ...
After intense foraging and ravaging of the Alsace region, Christian and Mansfeld moved north in Lorraine, and upon the news of the Spanish siege of Bergen op Zoom, they marched to the relief of the city, fighting the Battle of Fleurus (29 August 1622) and in the midst of the battle, Christian displayed his well-known courage and stubbornness on ...
Battle of Fleurus (1622) Siege of Frankenthal; Siege of Fuenterrabía (1638) G. Siege of Gravelines; Siege of Groenlo (1627) H. Siege of Heidelberg (1622) Siege of 's ...
Battle of Fleurus (1622) Siege of Frankenthal; H. Battle of Höchst; M. Capture of Mannheim; S. Siege of Heidelberg (1622) W. Battle of Wimpfen This page was last ...
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. Two days before the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 Napoleon I defeated the Prussians in what is known as the Battle of Ligny, although the pivotal action took place just north of ...