What the records say
- When
- 14 Jun 1658
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.04° N, 2.38° E
- Description
- 1658 battle in the Franco-Spanish War
Battle of the Dunes (1658)
1658 battle of the Franco-Spanish War
The Battle of the Dunes, also known as the Battle of Dunkirk, took place on 14 June 1658, near the strategic port of Dunkirk in what was then the Spanish Netherlands. Part of the Franco-Spanish War and concurrent Anglo-Spanish War, a French army under Turenne, supported by troops from the Commonwealth of England, had besieged Dunkirk.
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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 “Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) and Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659): In the Battle of the Dunes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine 26.000 Mann starke französisch-englische Armee unter dem französischen Marschall Turenne besiegt in der Schlacht in den Dünen bei Dünkirchen ein 15.000…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire décisive de Turenne à la bataille des Dunes sur les Espagnols de Condé et de don Juan d’Autriche”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва в Дюнах”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de las Dunas, España pierde la guerra con Francia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page