What the records say
- When
- 2 Jul 1636 – 5 Jul 1636
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.00° N, 3.24° E
- Description
- 1636 siege
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Crossing of the Somme
1636 battle of the Thirty Years' War
The Crossing of the Somme took place on 5 August 1636 during the Thirty Years' War and the Franco-Spanish War when units of the Spanish Army of Flanders and the Imperial Army under Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, lieutenant of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, crossed the Somme river near Bray-sur-Somme during its offensive in French territory.
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