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Battle of Lenty
On 13 August 1554, French forces clashed with a Habsburg-Savoyard alliance near Lenty in present-day northern France, on the northern front of the It…
Timeline
- 1554Lenty · Pas-de-CalaisThe Habsburg-Savoyard alliance advanced from the Low Countries and Picardy, while the French under Henry II and Marshal de Montluc formed up along the Lenty line to meet them; the two sides made contact exchanging fire with cavalry and firearms.
- 1554Lenty battlefield · FranceThe French launched a concentrated counterattack; the allied lines wavered and were forced to withdraw. Though a tactical French victory, the battle opened no new situation toward the Low Countries or Italy, and both the northern front and the Italian theater remained deadlocked.
Sources
- Renty, Battle of https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Renty
- The Italian Wars 1494-1559: War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe — Michael Mallett; Christine Shaw (2012)