What the records say
- When
- 18 May 1656 – 16 Jul 1656
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.36° N, 3.52° E
- Description
- 1656 battle
Battle of Valenciennes (1656)
1656 battle during the Franco-Spanish War
The Battle of Valenciennes was fought on 16 July 1656 between the Spanish troops commanded by John Joseph of Austria and the French troops under Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, in the outskirts of the city of Valenciennes in the Spanish Netherlands during the Franco-Spanish War.
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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 contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Les troupes françaises sont mises en déroute et contraintes de lever le siège de Valenciennes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Валансьена”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Valenciennes (Francia), las tropas españolas de Juan José de Austria derrotan a las francesas de Henri de Turenne en la batalla de Valenciennes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page