What the records say
- When
- 20 Aug 1648
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.43° N, 2.83° E
- Description
- 1648 battle of the Thirty Years' War
Battle of Lens
1648 battle of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Lens was the last major battle of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). A French force commanded by Louis, Grand Condé defeated a Spanish army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. The battle cemented the reputation of Condé as one of the greatest generals of his age.
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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 “The French Army, under the command of the Prince of Condé, defeats the Spaniards at the Battle of Lens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Lens endet mit einem Sieg der Franzosen unter Louis II. de Bourbon, prince de Condé”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire du Grand Condé sur les Espagnols à la bataille de Lens commandés par l'archiduc Léopold-Guillaume, gouverneur des Pays-Bas espagnols”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва под Лансом”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page