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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
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 ...
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also Early 17th century (1601–1650) 1601 Capture of Portobello (1601) 17 January – English expedition assaulted and took Portobello from the Spanish, acquired some booty and then sacked the place ...
Pages in category "Battles of the Thirty Years' War involving Spain" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. ... Battle of Fleurus (1622) Siege ...
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 ...
The Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) — the secession war in which the Dutch Republic gained independence from Habsburg Spain ... Battle of Fleurus (1622) G.
Pages in category "Battles of the Eighty Years' War" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. ... Battle of Fleurus (1622) French Fury; G. Battle ...