Battle of Fleurus (1622)

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Battle of Fleurus
Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War

The Battle of Fleurus 1622 by Peter Snayers
Date29 August 1622
Location
Fleurus, Spanish Netherlands (modern Belgium)
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ernst von Mansfeld
Christian of Brunswick		 Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Strength
c. 14,000, 11 guns c. 8,000, 4 guns
Casualties and losses
5,000 dead, wounded or captured 500–1,000 dead or wounded

The Battle of Fleurus, 29 August 1622, took place during the Thirty Years' War near Fleurus in Belgium, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. A Spanish army commanded by Córdoba defeated a larger Protestant mercenary force under Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick.

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