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Battle of Fleurus (1622)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1622

On 29 August 1622, during the Thirty Years' War (Eighty Years' War), Protestant armies under Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick marching south from …

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  1. 1622Near Fleurus · HainautMansfeld and Christian of Brunswick led a Protestant army south from the Netherlands, attempting to relieve Bergen-op-Zoom under Spanish siege, but were intercepted at Fleurus by Spanish forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba; both sides drew up about 15,000–20,000 men each.
  2. 1622Fleurus battlefield · HainautCavalry and infantry on both sides charged repeatedly, with extremely heavy casualties on both sides. Mansfeld withdrew in good order under cover of night and continued east without being annihilated; the Spanish side, having suffered too heavily, was also unable to pursue, and both sides claimed victory in their propaganda.

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