What the records say
- When
- 27 Jul 1675
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 48.64° N, 8.09° E
- Description
- 1675 battle
Battle of Salzbach
1675 battle
The Battle of Salzbach, or Sasbach, took place on 27 July 1675 during the Franco-Dutch War, when an Imperial army under Raimondo Montecuccoli confronted a French force commanded by Marshal Turenne. The "battle" consisted primarily of an artillery duel, during which Turenne was killed by a cannonball.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Turenne est tué par un boulet à la bataille de Salzbach après avoir franchi le Rhin”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Зальцбахе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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