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 | | TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE, VICOMTE DE [Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de], 1611-75, marshal of France, one of the greatest of French commanders. |
 | | Turenne showed his great capabilities in the Thirty Years War, distinguishing himself under Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar in the victory (1638) over the imperial forces at Breisach. |
 | | On the Rhine, Turenne defeated (1674) enemy troops at Sinzheim and ravaged the Palatinate. |
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