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	French Military Victories
		Battle of Sentinum - 295 B.C. The Gauls and Samniums under Egnatius are defeated by Decius Mus and Fabius Maximus Rullianus of the Roman Republic.
		Battle of Telamon - 224 B.C. The out-numbered Gauls led by Concolitanus and Aneorestus are defeated by Atiliua Regulus and Aemilius Papus of the Roman Republic.
		Battle of Gergovia - 52 B.C. The Gallic Tribes led by Vercingetorix defeat the Roman Republic army of Julius Caesar.
	www.militaryfactory.com /battles/french_military_victories.asp (2829 words)

	Battle of Rocroi Information
		The Battle of Rocroi, fought on May 19 1643, resulted in a decisive victory of the French army under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, at that time Duke of Enghien, against the Spanish army under General Francisco de Melo.
		The Spanish troops set siege to Rocroi, which lay athwart the route to the valley of the Oise.
		In any case, Rocroi put an end to the supremacy of Spanish military doctrine and inaugurated a long period of French military predominance, although Spain continued its war against France with some success until its defeat at the Battle of the Dunes in 1658.
	www.bookrags.com /Battle_of_Rocroi (628 words)

	Kapiti Fusiliers - Rocroi Order of Battle
		OOB for the Battle of Rocroi, 19th May 1643
		The French army of Picardie (23,000 soldiers) moves to cover Rocroi.
		This OOB is produced with the great kindness of Nicolas Stratigos, managing-editor of the French magazine Vae Victis, and writer of an excellent article on Rocroi in issue n°11.
	www.fusiliers.net /wargaming13.htm (401 words)

	Battle of Rocroi Information
		Rocroi – Tuttlingen – Freiburg – Jüterbog – Jankov – Mergentheim – 2nd Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague
		The Battle of Rocroi, fought on May 19, 1643, resulted in a decisive victory of the French army under the Duc d'Enghien, against the Spanish army under General Francisco de Melo.
		The Spanish troops set siege to Rocroi, which lay athwart the route to the valley of the Oise.
	battle-of-rocroi.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Battle_of_Rocroi (883 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Thirty Years War
		The election of the Catholic zealot Ferdinand, Archduke of Styria, as King of Bohemia caused the Bohemian Protestants to fear for their religious freedom, and in May 1618, at Hradcany castle, two Catholic councillors (Martinitz[?] and Slavata[?]) were thrown from the castle windows.
		The Battle of White Mountain, near Prague in 1620 was a serious blow to Protestant ambitions in the region.
		In 1632 Gustavus Adolphus dies at the Battle of Lützen (although the Swedes win the battle), and in 1634 the Swedes are defeated at the battle of Nordlingen, but they continue to fight in the war until the end in 1648.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/th/Thirty_Years_War?title=Battle_of_the_Dunes (633 words)

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		battle of Zurakow 1676 battle of Zlotow 1677 conquest of Weissenburg
		15.8.1702 battle of Luzzara 22.9.1702 battle of Thorn 12.10.1702 conquest of
		battle of Denain 22.12.1712 battle of Gadebesk 1713 conquest of Tönning
	britishbattles.homestead.com /files/index/HistoricalBattlesconsolidated.htm (8731 words)

	Battle of Rocroi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Rocroi, fought on May 19, 1643, resulted in a decisive victory of the French army under the Duc d'Enghien, against the Spanish army under General Francisco de Melo.
		The Spanish troops set siege to Rocroi, which lay athwart the route to the valley of the Oise.
		In any case, Rocroi put an end to the supremacy of Spanish military doctrine and inaugurated a long period of French military predominance, although Spain continued its war against France with some success until its defeat at the Battle of the Dunes in 1658.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Rocroi (660 words)

	Rocroi
		His objective was to capture the fortress of Rocroi and to follow with the invasion of the region of Champagne.
		During the night of 18th and 19th of May, a strong detachment of 500 musketeers was placed in a small thicket in front of the cavalry of Flanders to cover the space between the wood and the cavalry.
		Rocroi was not a great and decisive French victory, but it was well exploited by the French propaganda to support the weak French government of Mazarin and the house of Condé.
	www.geocities.com /aow1617/Rocroi2.html (2024 words)

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		However, the terrain of Rocroi was not ideally suited to the French cavalry and caution may have been wise, but the young Prince of Conde who commanded the French army chose to risk an attack.
		The night before the battle, the French were warned of the possible arrival of reinforcements for the Spanish and an ambush laying in wait in the woods.
		The battle began around four o’clock with a barrage from the French guns followed later by a cavalry charge from both French wings.
	www.nsalmon.btinternet.co.uk /TYW/battles/rocroi.htm (532 words)

	Military history of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The military history of Spain includes the history of battles fought in the territory of modern Spain, as well as her former and current overseas possessions and territories, and, the military history of the Spanish people regardless of geography.
		In 456, the new Catholic king, Rechiar, died in battle with the Visigoth king Theodoric II and the Suevi kingdom began to diminish under Gothic pressure.
		At the Battle of Vouillé in 507, the Franks under Clovis I wrested control of Aquitaine from the Visigoths.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_history_of_Spain (1893 words)

	EW: Cossacks - Historical Events (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1620, the Czech army was smashed in the Battle of the White Mountain.
		In August 1634, the Swedish army was defeated in the battle of Noerdlingen.
		In May 1643, French forces crushed the Spanish army in the Battle of Rocroi, and in 1648 the war ended in disaster for Austria and its allies.
	www.cossacks.de /english/encyclopedia/he_b1.htm (357 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1643 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Rocroi, fought May 19, 1643, resulted in a decisive victory of the French army under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de CondÃ©, at that time Duke of Enghien, against the Spanish army under General Francisco de Melo.
		The Battle of Adwalton Moor was a battle in the English Civil War on 30 June 1643.
		The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of todays Germany, but also involving most of the major continental powers.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1643 (4171 words)

	Thirty Years' War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wallenstein defeated Mansfeld's army at the Battle of Dessau Bridge (1626) and General Tilly defeated the Danes at the Battle of Lutter (1626).
		The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631).
		In 1645, the Swedish marshal Lennart Torstensson defeated the Imperial army at the Battle of Jankau near Prague, and Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeated the Bavarian army in the Second Battle of Nördlingen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thirty_Years'_War (4605 words)

	Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Cond (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The great Battle of Rocroi (May 19) put an end to the supremacy of the Spanish army and inaugurated the long period of French military predominance.
		In 1648, however, he received the command in the important field of the Low Countries; and at Lens (August 19) a battle took place, which, beginning with a panic in his own regiment, was retrieved by Cond's coolness and bravery, and ended in a victory that fully restored his prestige.
		This battle, fought on August 11, was one of the hardest of the century, and Cond, who displayed the reckless bravery of his youth, had three horses killed under him.
	knowallabout.com /l/lo/louis_ii_de_bourbon__prince_de_conde.html (1965 words)

	Tercio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Their professionalism was displayed in the Battle of Rocroi (1643), when the German and Walloon tercios fled from the battlefield, while the Spanish stayed on the field with their commander, absorbing three cavalry charges by the French, before the fourth finally broke their formation with the assistance of artillery.
		The end of the dominance of the tercio came with the Spanish defeat by the French at the previously-mentioned Rocroi in 1643.
		In the late 17th century, the Spanish army abandoned the then-obsolete tercio in favour of the more flexible system of battalions and regiments, based on the French model.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tercio (559 words)

	The Great Condé biography
		The discomfiture and flight of Mazarin again brought Condé to the front, but the failure of the court to fulfill its promises and the suspicions he entertained that his assassination was contemplated roused him to fresh rebellion in 1651.
		His former ally, Turenne, was now on the side of the court, and after Condé had won the battle of Bléneau (April, 1652) and advanced on Paris, he was met by Turenne at the head of the royal troops.
		This was the great general's last important battle, though in 1675 he succeeded Turenne, on the latter's death, in command of the army on the Rhine.
	www.dromo.info /condebio.htm (682 words)

	Battle of Nieuwpoort at AllExperts
		The Battle of Nieuwpoort, between a Dutch army under Maurits of Nassau and a Spanish army under Albrecht of Austria, took place on July 2, 1600 near the present day Belgian city Nieuwpoort.
		Maurits sent his ships to prevent a flight of the soldiers into the ships, and put his army in a defensive position where the sun would shine in the eyes of the Spanish towards the end of the day, while the beach sand would blow into their eyes.
		Although Maurice had driven a Spanish army from the field, a rare feat in the late 16th century, the battle achieved nothing.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battle_of_nieuwpoort.htm (429 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battle of Rocroi
		The Battle of Rocroi, fought on May 19 1643, resulted in a decisive victory of the French army under the Duc d'Enghien, against the Spanish army under General Francisco de Melo.
		The Spanish troops set siege to Rocroi, which lay athwart the route to the valley of the Oise.
		The battle was an important propaganda victory for Mazarin and Enghien, the future "Great Condé".
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Battle_of_Rocroi (650 words)

	Battle of Mars-La-Tour at AllExperts
		The Battle of Mars-La-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-La-Tour in north-east France.
		The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is also notable for one of the very few successful cavalry charges of modern warfare.
		The success of the cavalry charge gave the impression that cavalry could still play a decisive role in battle despite being obsolete, and cavalry units continued to be part of the armed forces of European countries for the next 47 years.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battle_of_mars-la-tour.htm (677 words)

	Wikipedia: 1643
		May 19 - Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the Spanish at Rocroi, France.
		July 13 - English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller.
		The Royalist forces supporting Charles I in the English Civil War win the Battle of Adwalton Moor and gain control of Yorkshire.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/16/1643.html (191 words)

	About Cossacks
		In 1620, the Czech army was smashed in the Battle of the White Mountain.
		In August 1634, the Swedish army was defeated in the battle of Noerdlingen.
		In May 1643, French forces crushed the Spanish army in the Battle of Rocroi, and in 1648 the war ended in disaster for Austria and its allies.
	www.angelfire.com /tv2/siambear50/History_the_thrity_yearswar.htm (374 words)

	HistoryBuff.com -- The Spanish Armada of 1588
		Spain did eventually suffer a devastating and decisive military defeat against the French at the Battle of Rocroi in 1643, which crushed their ambitions in the Thirty Years' War, and England's Oliver Cromwell was able to seize Jamaica from Spain in 1655 in the midst of another Anglo-Spanish War.
		The Armada battle was also significant in that it provided many English sailors with their first taste of maritime warfare, and furnished invaluable experience in navigational techniques.
		Although the battles of the Armada were waged chiefly in the English Channel, just off the British coast, the English overall commanders and individual ship captains learned to manage the orderly deployment of a large fleet, a valuable lesson for future encounters.
	www.historybuff.com /library/refarmada4.html (1160 words)

	Battle of Rocroi - Definition, explanation
		The Battle of Rocroi, fought May 19, 1643, was a victory of the French army under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, at that time Duke of Enghien, against the Spanish army under General Francisco de Melo.
		The Spanish troops set siege to Rocroi, which lay athwart the route to the Oise.
		The battle began at dawn: the French infantry was worsted by the Spanish, and the cavalry on the French left was also ineffective.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/ba/battle_of_rocroi.php (291 words)

	List of battles 14011800 - ExampleProblems.com
		Battle of Tannenberg) on July 15 Polish and Lithuanian army under Wladislaus II of Poland break the spine of the Teutonic Knights under Ulrich von Jungingen
		1421 Battle of Bauge The French and Scottish forces of Charles VII commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat the forces of Henry V commanded by the Duke of Clarence.
		1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort June 2 Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Maurits) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria.
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php?title=List_of_battles_14011800&printable=yes (4691 words)

	1643 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		March 13 - First Battle of Middlewich in the English Civil War.
		During this battle the Roundheads routed the Cavaliers at Middlewich in Cheshire, England.
		June 30 - Cavaliers, (supports Charles I in the English Civil War) win the Battle of Adwalton Moor and gain control of Yorkshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1643 (563 words)

	List of battles 1401-1800
		1428 Battle of Orleans English forces commanded by the Earl of Salisbury with duke of Bedford besiege French city and are driven off with the loss of their siege engines by Joan.
		1547 Battle of Mühlberg[?] April 24 HRE Charles V captures elector of Saxony and lays siege to Wittenberg in the Schmalkaldic War.
		1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort June 2 Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Mauritz) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria.
	www.fastload.org /li/List_of_battles_1401-1800.html (2773 words)

	Fortified Places > Fortresses > Rocroi
		In 1643 the Spanish attempted to invade France, laying siege to Rocroi with a large force.
		One of the demi-lunes was connected to the main wall by a caponnier, which allowed troops to reach the demi-lune by crossing the ditch whilst being safe from enemy fire..
		The town of Rocroi has no rail links, but it may be possible to get a bus from a nearby town such as Charleville or Hirson.
	www.fortified-places.com /rocroi.html (542 words)

	The Battle of Pavia [Archive] - Military Photos
		And the battle was strong between them all the night, and the earth was rent because of their voices.
		This battle, the key episode in the long Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), pitted twenty-five thousand troops from the Spanish Netherlands under Francisco de Melo against twenty-three thousand French soldiers commanded by the young duke of Enghien, soon to be renowned as the Great Condé.
		Rocroi ranks as one of the major watersheds in military history; before this battle the Spanish army possessed an aura of near invincibility that it would never regain after its defeat by the French.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-6129.html (2085 words)

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