Battle of Ekeren

When

30 Jun 1703

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.27° N, 4.42° E

Description

1703 battle

1703 battle of the War of the Spanish Succession

The Battle of Ekeren, which took place on 30 June 1703, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. A Bourbon army of around 24,000 men, consisting of troops from France, Spain and Cologne, surrounded a smaller Dutch force of 12,000 men, which however managed to break out and retire to safety.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Ekeren (War of the Spanish Succession): The French surround a smaller Dutch force, which however breaks out and retires to safety”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire française de Boufflers et Villeroy à la bataille d'Ekeren, près d'Anvers sur les Pays-Bas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Экерене”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of the Spanish SuccessionMar 1701 · World war